Features

Digital roundtable

Have museums got their digital offer right? Last month Museums Journal, in partnership with the Heritage Lottery Fund, hosted a discussion about culture and its digital future

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

Louise Gray on an East Sussex farmhouse that became a meeting place for some leading figures in modern art

Nation building

With devolved government elections taking place next month, the debate over how museums reflect the complex issue of national identity has been rekindled, as Gareth Harris finds out

City challenge

Simon Stephens hears how Kate Howe has led the development of a museum that tells the story of Cardiff and its people

Marching on

Katy Archer tells Simon Stephens why the People's History Museum is worth fighting for

Lost in music

Museums have often struggled to reflect the social and cultural significance of pop music, but this is changing. Deborah Mulhearn reports

Transfer window

With money tight and space at a premium, many museums are thinking hard about disposing of objects. But how are they going about the great giveaway? John Holt reports

Learned friends

Partnerships between museums and universities are proving good ways to share expertise and access funding. By Julie Nightingale

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

Sited at the edge of a national park, the Museum of Dartmoor Life preserves access to the area's history, says Louise Gray

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

Floods, fertility and things to put under your pillow at night: Louise Gray hears about Cornwall’s Museum of Witchcraft

Weston front

Mansfield Museum curator Liz Weston tells Simon Stephens how changes to Renaissance and local authority cuts are affecting smaller museums around the UK

Digital futures

Museums and galleries have been rising to the challenge of displaying, collecting and preserving new-media art. Abbas Ali investigates