Features
Portrait of a nation
A new approach to telling the history of Sweden is proving to be controversial. Diana Walters reports
Diverse voices
Felicity Heywood talks to participants in the Museums Association's Diversify scheme to find out how it has helped their careers
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
Buying powers
Museums have had some success in improving their collections of Scottish contemporary art in recent years, but there are concerns that any funding squeeze will halt this momentum. By Gareth Harris
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
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
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