Features

Taking the long view

After a career in politics and education, Baroness Kay Andrews is now focusing her energy on the needs of the heritage sector. Simon Stephens meets her

Best in show

John Atkinson Grimshaw: Reflections on the Thames, Westminster 1880 (Leeds Art Gallery) Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London

New horizens

Museums are responding to budget cuts by becoming more innovative and focused, as well as looking for partners from outside the sector, finds Maurice Davies

Ways of seeing

Should galleries allow the art to speak for itself or should they provide information and interpretation for visitors? By Sara Selwood

Great expectations

How are museums adapting to the brave new world that they find themselves in, asks Maurice Davies

Best in show

Rolodex calendar dates, 1954, Epstein Archive, New Art Gallery Walsall

Increased exposure

Patrick Henry tells Simon Stephens about the Open Eye's journey from grassroots arts organisation to high-profile photography gallery

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

Uniforms and musical instruments are among the objects on show at a heritage centre dedicated to the Salvation Army. By Louise Gray

On top of the world

Being part of a World Heritage Site can help museums attract visitors and form new partnerships, writes Deborah Mulhearn

Prize draw

As the Baltic prepares to welcome visitors to this year's Turner Prize exhibition, Simon Stephens visits Gateshead to meet its director, Godfrey Worsdale

Moving stories

As visitors flock to the recently opened Riverside Museum in Glasgow, Simon Stephens finds out about the challenges of interpreting and displaying transport collections

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

Geraldine Kendall finds out what makes visitors to the Manchester Masonic Museum marvel