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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
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
Impact assessment
The MA’s Museums 2020 initiative has raised a whole series of questions about the future of museums and the impact they have on people’s lives. Rob Sharp reports
Open plan
Beamish, an open-air museum in north-east England, has a very particular set of challenges. Director Richard Evans tells Simon Stephens about how he is overcoming them
The curators
Many curators feel their work is undervalued and under threat. John Holt finds out about some of the challenges that they face
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 leavers
Deborah Mulhearn talks to those who have turned their back on the sector and forged new careers away from museums and galleries
Surgical spirit
Sam Alberti tells Simon Stephens about his plans to celebrate the bicentenary of the Hunterian Museum and its extraordinary collection of human and animal specimens