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

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

Getting creative

Many museums and galleries are forging partnerships with the creative industries. Geraldine Kendall finds out why

Best in show

Jeremy Theophilus, co-director of the British Ceramics Biennial

Show business: Museums Journal roundtable discussion, full transcript

The Museum Journal's expert panel discusses the financial and environmental sustainability of temporary exhibitions...

Keeping the faith

Religious buildings have traditionally had little or no interpretation, but this is changing. Simon Stephens finds out why

Northern spirit

Iain Watson grew up in the north east and is now in charge of 12 museums across Tyne & Wear. Simon Stephens meets him

Reading matters

There is a great public interest in literature, but museums need to find novel approaches to making writers and their work come alive for visitors. By Deborah Mulhearn

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

Louise Gray hears what links London, Stratford-upon-Avon and Washington, DC, to Craven Museum and Art Gallery

Best in show

Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife 1941, National Army Museum, London

Digging it

The growing public interest in archaeology is an excellent opportunity for museums to engage new audiences, writes Rebecca Atkinson

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

Its location makes the Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum an archaeological hotspot, says Louise Gray

Fields of dreams

Every summer the UK goes festival-mad and some museums are making sure they get in on the act, as Louise Gray finds out