Features
Access all areas
Art libraries are moving with the times by increasing access and embracing new technology, writes Corinna Lotz
Mind your language
Developing the right tone in the language used in museums and galleries is a tricky business, but Laura Gascoigne says it's worth getting right
The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections
Destigmatising mental illness is at the centre of the Bethlem Royal Hospital Museum and Archive’s work, says Louise Gray
Light show
As managing curator of Artist Rooms, Lucy Askew is bringing modern art to new audiences all over the UK. By Simon Stephens.
People’s choice
A raft of new museum openings show how far social history has come in the past 60 years, writes Patrick Steel
Learning questions
The learning outside the classroom agenda is picking up pace, but are museums well placed to take advantage? Felicity Heywood reports
Share issue
Six senior curators on how they are passing on their knowledge to future generations. By James Morrison
Review of the decade
Sharon Heal looks back over the past ten years at the people, places and policies that made the headlines. Additional research by Geraldine Kendall
Buying power
Funding programmes to get museums acquiring again are helping to revitalise collections, writes Julie Nightingale
Mutual benefits
The recession has led to lots of people looking for volunteering opportunities, but do museums have the capacity to help them, asks Deborah Mulhearn