Features

Beauty spot

With talk of 'aesthetic orgasms' and the 'next golden age', Randy Klinger is not your average gallery director. Simon Stephens travels to north-east Scotland to meet him

Hidden treasures

Museums Journal exclusively interviews the winners of the Unsung Heroes award, which is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. By John Holt

Track record

Museums and galleries have often dismissed sport as a subject for exhibitions but the Olympic Games has changed that, as John Holt finds out

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

A collection of ghosts provide an unusual draw for the Totnes Elizabethan House Museum, says Louise Gray

Profile

Lin Cheung: gold medallist

Yard sale: profile of Kettle’s Yard director Andrew Nairne

Work has just started on an extension to Kettle's Yard but its director, Andrew Nairne, is already looking at the gallery's next stage of development

Best in show

Enamel painting of Charles I, Henry Pierce Bone, 1833 Southwell Minster

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

Louise Gray gets on her bike to hear how the National Cycle Collection gears up for visitors

What’s in store?

The Museums Association's Effective Collections programme is coming to an end after five years. But are objects any better used as a result, asks Geraldine Kendall

Artistic merits

Contemporary artists are helping museums to unlock the potential of their collections and reach new audiences. By Simon Stephens

Dissenting voices

As issues such as executive pay, government cuts and NHS reform continue to divide people in Britain, Rob Sharp looks how museums are reflecting protest across the UK

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

It is a truth universally acknowledged that fans of the author will find plenty to swoon over at Jane Austen's House Museum, writes John Holt