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The leavers

Deborah Mulhearn talks to those who have turned their back on the sector and forged new careers away from museums and galleries

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

Rebecca Atkinson on Coleridge Cottage, one of the National Trust's first properties and home of the Romantic poet

Ace relations

Forgotten and unloved or supported and understood - how are museums faring under their new master, Arts Council England? Geraldine Kendall reports

Best in show

Reflection, 1982, Bridget Riley, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Artistic endeavour

Alex Farquharson tells Simon Stephens why an exhibition about Haitian art is the kind of ambitious programming that Nottingham Contemporary brings to the East Midlands

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

Roman Britain in all its shapes and forms is at the heart of the Jewry Wall Museum in Leicester, writes Louise Gray

Snap happy

Should visitors be allowed to take photographs in galleries or does it annoy other visitors and damage artefacts? Rebecca Atkinson reports

Tales of the city

Donald Smith tells Simon Stephens about the importance of storytelling in Scotland and the rest of the world

Mass media

Museums and galleries are working with the television industry in innovative ways to reach new audiences. Simon Stephens reports

Slash and burn

Museums and galleries across Europe are being hit by budget cuts that are leading to closures, reduced opening hours and staff layoffs. Geraldine Kendall reports

Best in show

Bayard's Colts, origins unknown, Walsall Museum

Event horizons

Theatre and performance are becoming an increasingly important part of what museums and galleries offer. Florence Waters finds out why