Features

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

Louise Gray on a Suffolk museum that is sited on an air base made famous for a UFO sighting

Event horizons

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

Best in show

Bayard's Colts, origins unknown, Walsall Museum

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

Mass media

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

Tales of the city

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

Labour gains

John Holt on two museums that are working hard to develop proactive volunteer programmes that work for them and their participants

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

Louise Gray on a museum dedicated to the agricultural history of Yorkshire

Starting out

Student debts, limited job prospects and low pay – who would want to start a career in museums and galleries now? Julie Nightingale talks to some people doing precisely that

World view

V&A director Martin Roth discusses his career in Germany, international working and his plans for South Kensington and Dundee. By Simon Stephens

Best in show

End of Land 1, (2002), by Wolfgang Tillmans, Towner, Eastbourne

Flexible thinking

Should museums and galleries be looking at radical new ways to present their permanent exhibitions? Rob Sharp investigates this complex issue