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Social work
In only a few years, social media has transformed how museums and galleries engage with audiences. Ben Goodwin looks at who's doing what and why
Eyes on the prize
The 2011 Art Fund Prize is open for nominations but is it the winning or the taking part that counts, asks Katrina Burroughs
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
Age concern
Forget teenagers, it's older people that are most excluded from museums and galleries. Julie Nightingale finds out what is being done to address this
Industrial revolution
Tony Hill tells Simon Stephens about his passion for Manchester and its Museum of Science and Industry
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
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
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
In the frame
Audiences for photography are growing, but digitisation and broader definitions of the medium are creating challenges for museums. By Simon Stephens
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