Features

World view

A conference later this month will ask what role ethnographic museums have in the 21st century. Geraldine Kendall reports

Boxing clever

For someone who didn't plan to work in museums, IWM North boss Graham Boxer has had a wide-ranging career so far. He talks to Simon Stephens

The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections

Simon Stephens hears about the work of a heritage centre in a remote part of Northumberland

Hearts and minds

The Museums Association's research into the future of the sector has culminated in a report about the impact museums and galleries can have on people's lives. Rob Sharp reports

Best in show

Edward Burra, Lysistrata, 1931, Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden

The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections

Louise Gray on a museum dedicated to the 'The Men in Scarlet', the Chelsea Pensioners

Leading questions

The Clore Leadership Programme was set up 10 years ago to develop a new generation of arts leaders in the UK. John Holt talks to some of the alumni to find out what it did for them

Making mayhem

Yinka Shonibare MBE tells Simon Stephens about his work with museums and why there is no escaping the past

Collecting Africa

British museums and galleries have neglected African art for many years but are now starting to take it more seriously. Felicity Heywood reports

Take your partners

How can museums and charities work in partnership? Museums Journal brought together representatives from a range of organisations to find out

The exhibition programmers

Rob Sharp speaks to some of those involved in exhibition-making to see how temporary shows are faring under budget cuts

The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections

Louise Gray hears about a visitor centre in a windy location above the Avon Gorge