Features

Trendswatch: Share and share alike

Geraldine Kendall finds out how museums are benefiting from the trend for collaborative consumption

On the move

In the space of few years Nêst Thomas has gone from working to save Gwynedd Museum from closure to unveiling ambitious plans to move it into a new home. Simon Stephens meets her

Island life

Museums on islands can only flourish if they work closely with their local communities. Deborah Mulhearn

The survivors

With resilience the word on everyone's lips, John Holt talks to some of the museum leaders who are finding new working models in these tough financial times

Best in show

The Eve of the Battle of the Somme, 1916, Herbert James Gunn, Fleming Collection, London

International opening: AG Leventis Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus

Cypriot businessman Anastasios G Leventis had a longstanding ambition to create a fine art museum in his homeland to display the works and objects he had collected. More than 35 years after his death, his vision has been fulfilled. By Simon Stephens

Voyage of discovery

Simon Stephens talks to Gill Poulter about how Dundee Heritage Trust is making the most of the city's maritime and textile history

Take your partners

Working in partnership is now seen as vital as museums seek to make dwindling public money go further. Simon Stephens reports

Trendswatch: Information age

Geraldine Kendall looks at how museums and galleries can use big data in areas such as collections management and visitor research

Brief encounters

Museums involved in capital projects need to work effectively with architects, designers and other contractors to avoid major problems. Geraldine Kendall investigates

The Museum of… The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum

From painstaking restoration to tour-guided rides, this museum pays homage to the history of the Scottish bus, says Gwendolyn Smith

Best in show

Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio, 1614, John Napier, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh