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Support network

The ability of museum development officers to turn their hands to almost anything makes them vital to the sector. John Holt hears about their work

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

Louise Gray hears how a historic farming village has been brought back to life in Argyll  

Still pale, male and stale?

Three years ago, the then culture minister David Lammy accused museums of failing to employ enough people of African and Asian descent in top-level jobs. Has the situation improved since then, asks Felicity Heywood

New kid on the block

Culture minister Ed Vaizey tells Simon Stephens about the challenges ahead for museums and galleries in a tough financial environment

In the frame

Audiences for photography are growing, but digitisation and broader definitions of the medium are creating challenges for museums. By Simon Stephens

Teenage kicks

Most teenagers associate museums with boredom. So what is being done to persuade these truculent teens that this is not the case? Deborah Mulhearn finds out

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

Louise Gray hears how the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives tells the story of the city's cops and robbers 

Diverse voices

Felicity Heywood talks to participants in the Museums Association's Diversify scheme to find out how it has helped their careers

Portrait of a nation

A new approach to telling the history of Sweden is proving to be controversial. Diana Walters reports

Opening up the debate

Museums are being urged to adopt a more open attitude to restitution. By Maurice Davies

The great outdoors

Showing sculpture outdoors is a good way to engage the public in settings that they feel comfortable with, says Deborah Mulhearn

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

Mompesson House is on such an intimate scale that most of its visitors want to move in, says Louise Gray