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Rich seams

The miners' strike in the mid-1980s had a huge impact on British society. How are museums reflecting its legacy 30 years later? By Simon Stephens

International opening: Olympic Museum, Lausanne

Simon Stephens hears about the challenges of creating a museum that represents the global nature of the Olympic movement

The museum of… The Brunel Museum

Kasia Delgado on a museum that celebrates Britain's best-known engineer and his ground-breaking tunnel under the Thames

Best in show: Falmouth Art Gallery

Roses, Sophie Anderson, Falmouth Art Gallery

Deep impact

As the MA steps up its campaign to help museums have a greater impact on society, Geraldine Kendall hears how the sector has had a positive influence on people's lives

Trendswatch: Can you kick start it?

Geraldine Kendall hears how museums are using new crowdfunding platforms

International opening

The recently developed Medieval Museum forms part of a new museum quarter in the historic centre of Waterford in the Republic of Ireland. By Simon Stephens

Making a splash

Adrian Jenkins tells Simon Stephens how he has taken the Bowes Museum from near-financial ruin to an organisation that is working with the Prado in Madrid

Lest we forget

Sites that help people remember and understand tragic events are complex places that are subject to much debate. Rebecca Atkinson reports

Best in show: Two Temple Place, London

Chart of Bird Classification (detail), 1843, Hugh Edwin Strickland

The digital experts

John Holt talks to the sector's technology gurus to find out how museums and galleries are tackling the challenges created by today's digital world

Welcoming autistic visitors

Deborah Mulhearn hears how some museums are working to make their venues less intimidating places for people with autism to visit