Features
Science meets industry
Jean Franczyk, the latest director of the Museum of Science and Industry, tells Simon Stephens how she wants to create a coherent story for this historic Manchester site
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
The exhibition programmers
Rob Sharp speaks to some of those involved in exhibition-making to see how temporary shows are faring under budget cuts
London calling
Sharon Ament has already made her mark at the Museum of London by stepping into the debate over Tower Hamlets Council’s controversial decision to sell a Henry Moore sculpture. Simon Stephens finds out what else she is planning
Strategic thinking
Three of the four nations in the UK have a national museum strategy. Geraldine Kendall reports on how they are being implemented and what some of the pitfalls are
The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections
Simon Stephens hears about a challenging project to conserve the remarkable London home of a Kenyan-born poet
Facing extinction
The increasing number of specialist curators losing their jobs is leaving orphaned collections that have no one to care for them. Deborah Mulhearn reports
The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections
Louise Gray on a museum dedicated to the achievements of the first woman to practise as a doctor in Britain
The curators
Many curators feel their work is undervalued and under threat. John Holt finds out about some of the challenges that they face