Features

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

Take your partners

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

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

Best in show

House of Cards video by Radiohead, 2008, directed by James Frost, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool

Working knowledge

Museum professionals are having to adapt rapidly to the changing needs of the sector. Geraldine Kendall reports on efforts to help them gain new skills and experience

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

Best in show

The Baptism of Christ, 1667–68, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Dulwich Picture Gallery