Features

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

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

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

Flexible thinking

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

Best in show

Inflammatory Essays, (1979), by Jenny Holzer, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Positive actions

As the Museums Association's Diversify project comes to an end, Geraldine Kendall talks to those involved in the initiative to gauge its success in broadening workforce diversity

Digging deep

Simon Stephens meets Sharon Webb to hear about the challenges of running an archaeology museum in a remote area of Scotland

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

Rebecca Atkinson hears how the National Trust brings to life the home of a former Liverpool portrait photographer

Festival fever

Biennials are now a vital part of the international contemporary art scene, but is it time for the format to be reinvented for the 21st century, asks Simon Stephens

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

Visitors to the Lizard in Cornwall can see a museum and heritage centre in a working lighthouse, writes Louise Gray

Safety first

Although dealing with vulnerable people in museums can be tricky, there is lots that can be done to make it work, as Deborah Mulhearn finds out

Industrial strength

Simon Stephens hears how Steve Miller's work at Ironbridge Gorge covers everything from ancient monuments to contemporary art

Mapping the future

Museums all over Britain have maps in their collections, but are they using them to their best advantage? By Simon Stephens