Features
Food glorious food
Museums in the Fens are hoping that a travelling exhibition about food, which will address everything from migrant workers to climate change, will help to raise their profile. By Simon Stephens
Lost treasures
Iraq's cultural heritage has been one of the casualties of a war that has just reached its grim fifth anniversary. By Patrick Steel
Worldly Wisdom
Alissandra Cummins explains to Felicity Heywood how she is combining her ambitious plans for the development of museums in Barbados with her ongoing role as the president of Icom
The late show
From Reykjavik to Rome, museums and galleries are embracing the idea of city-wide late-night openings. Is it time the same thing started happening in the UK, asks Christine Hoffmann
Cafe Society
Can museum cafes become the democratic debating chambers of the 21st century? By Dea Birkett
Open door policy
Stephen Snoddy tells Felicity Heywood about his vision for getting artists and visitors into the New Art Gallery Walsall and taking its work beyond its four walls
City limits
The extraordinary growth of urban living around the world over the past 100 years has led to a debate on how museums devoted to cities should develop. By Simon Stephens
Remembering Rembrandt
Simon Stephens visits Holland to find out how Dutch museums and tourist bodies have joined forces to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth
Modern times
Simon Stephens visits Istanbul to find out how the city is leading the development of museums in Turkey in the run-up to its year as the European Capital of Culture in 2010
National service
Christopher Brown hopes the redevelopment of the Ashmolean will give the UK's oldest public museum the recognition it deserves. Simon Stephens meets him.