Features
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
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
Back to basics
Ken Arnold and Thomas Söderqvist reveal their Dogme-style manifesto for creating engaging science, technology and medicine exhibitions
The Museum of…Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections
Louise Gray hears how a museum dedicated to a 19th-century social reformer survives on a shoestring budget
Tall tales
Social housing is undergoing profound change as communities are dispersed by the demolition of high rises and other council estates. How are museums documenting this, asks Simon Stephens
Barber’s fine arts
The director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Ann Sumner, is planning to raise the profile of the Birmingham gallery in the run-up to its 80th anniversary. By Simon Stephens
Over to the feds…
With the MLA being wound down, there is a real need for federations to take the initiative and provide support and leadership in the regions. By John Holt
Eastern promise
It's full steam ahead for cultural development in the Middle East. But anyone expecting a carbon copy of the western model will be in for a surprise, as Rebecca Atkinson reveals
Lifelong learning
After 20 years at the V&A, David Anderson has taken on a new challenge as director general of National Museum Wales. Simon Stephens meets him
Whose heritage?
In the final part of our series on diversity, Felicity Heywood finds some examples of good practice within two heritage bodies