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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
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