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Sporting chance
Museums have capitalised on this summer's Beijing Olympics to secure funding for exhibitions about China. Simon Stephens assesses the implications for London 2012.
Evolutionary fervour
It will be difficult to escape Darwin this year as museums, galleries and others celebrate a double anniversary, says Simon Stephens
The Museum of…Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections: December 2008
Nene Valley Railway prides itself on a vast collection of engines as well as its very own Thomas, writes Louise Gray
Well chuffed
It was Steve Davies's passion for railways that eventually led the former soldier to the helm of the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, writes Simon Stephens.
World view
Timothy Potts has been a museum director in Australia, the US and now at the Fitzwilliam in the UK. Simon Stephens hears about his plans
Labour of love
Simon Stephens meets a very busy Nicholas Penny, who hasn't stopped since returning to the National Gallery as its director earlier this year
Starting over
After years spent in the doldrums, Liverpool is on the rise. As the European Capital of Culture 2008, it has become a must-see city and Liverpool Biennial director, Lewis Biggs, is made up to be part of this renaissance, writes Simon Stephens.
New perspectives
As a number of museums prepare to open Egyptology galleries, Simon Stephens hears why it's not all about mummies, myths and magic
Concrete plans
The Hayward Gallery is 40 years old this month, but its director, Ralph Rugoff, wants to make sure it does not slip into middle-aged complacency. By Simon Stephens.
On the waterfront
For Bill Ferris, the challenge of working at Chatham Historic Dockyard is not managing the collection, but overseeing the business itself. Simon Stephens meets him.