Features
Portrait of the artist
Museums and galleries in Wales are part of this year’s country-wide celebration of the centenary of the birth of poet Dylan Thomas. Deborah Mulhearn reports
International opening: Fries Museum
A new museum building in Friesland in the north of the Netherlands was made possible by a very generous benefactor. Simon Stephens finds out more
Best in show: December 2013
The Saltonstall Family, c1636-7, David Des Granges, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich
Trendswatch: Top of the pop-ups
Geraldine Kendall on how museum exhibitions are popping up all over the place
Crime fighting
From high-profile art heists to vandalism and minor thefts, crime affects all museums, galleries and heritage sites. Geraldine Kendall reports on efforts to tackle the problem
First aider
Natasha McEnroe tells Simon Stephens about her plans for the Florence Nightingale Museum
The conservators
John Holt talks to conservators about the challenges that they face while working to make sure that museum objects will survive to be enjoyed by future generations
The Museum of… Glenside Hospital Museum
Louise Gray finds out how a museum set in a former psychiatric hospital is promoting mental health and wellbeing today
The Museum of… The story of soap
Louise Gray hears about a museum in a village that was first developed for workers in the Sunlight Soap factory
The future of learning?
A new model of online learning could give museums a major role as content providers to higher education for a mass audience. Julie Nightingale reports