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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

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

Clare Ancient House Museum makes up in imagination and interpretation what it lacks in space, says Louise Gray

Present arms

Approaches to displaying arms and armour vary greatly, but curators working with such collections are united in the belief that the objects deserve more attention. By Simon Stephens

Ill-gotten gains

Ten years after the publication of the Stealing History report on the illicit trade in cultural artefacts, Patrick Steel looks at the impact it has had

A leading role

Simon Stephens hears how John Roles has tackled the challenge of transforming local authority museums and galleries in Leeds

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

Louise Gray joins the tourists who come off the main Lakeland tourist track to visit Coniston's Ruskin Museum

The long game

The Dome was widely seen as a financial and creative disaster but 10 years on, how are the other millennium projects faring? Sharon Heal investigates

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

Louise Gray scrums down to hear how Twickenham's World Rugby Museum makes the sport exciting for its visitors

Independence day

Moving to trust status has not been painless, but two years on, Maggie Appleton is convinced it has been good for Luton's museums. By Simon Stephens.

Righting wrongs

Ten years after the creation of the Spoliation Advisory Panel are museums any closer to returning Nazi loot to its rightful owners? By Juliana Gilling

Life on earth

Curators of natural science collections are hoping that the International Year of Biodiversity will raise the profile of their work with the public and museums. By Simon Stephens

Shows must go on

A squeeze on funding for temporary exhibitions could result in new approaches to working with collections, writes Helen Rees Leahy