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