Features

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

Nerves of steel

Simon Stephens hears how Kim Streets has helped Museums Sheffield battle its way out of the massive financial cuts it has suffered in recent years

Trendswatch: Craft work

Geraldine Kendall on a project that is channelling the creativity of local people

The Museum of… Barts Pathology Museum

Death, disease and medical oddities are at the heart of a museum inside one of the oldest hospitals in the world, says Kasia Delgado

International opening: Musée Fin-de-Siècle, Brussels

Giovanna Dunmall on a recently opened museum dedicated to a period at the end of the 19th century when Brussels was one of the world's artistic capitals

Best in show: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

House and Garden, 1974, William Tillyer

The Museum of… The Spike Heritage Centre

A heritage centre in a former hostel for vagrants on the site of Guildford’s old workhouse is a grim reminder of Edwardian poverty, says Louise Gray

House proud

Steven Parissien tells Simon Stephens about his plans to make Compton Verney's exhibitions fun and accessible

International Opening: Benjamin Franklin Museum

This revamped museum dedicated to one of America's founding fathers is engaging and lively rather than reverential. By Simon Stephens

Full circle

English Heritage has finally overcome problems with finance and planning to open a new visitor centre at Stonehenge. Simon Stephens reports

Trendswatch: Conference call

Geraldine Kendall on the trend for organising museum conferences in a more informal and participatory way