Features

Is museum culture putting workers under too much pressure?

Many staff working in museums and galleries are struggling to cope with challenging workloads, budget cuts, poor pay and much more. Maggie Gray speaks to those trying to support wellbeing across the sector

Hide and seek | Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn

The Netherlands | Eleanor Mills visits a recently renovated 17th-century royal hunting lodge with an innovative new extension

Museum of… Egypt Centre, Swansea University

Life and death | Nandni Sharma unearths a treasure trove of ancient Egyptian artefacts

Best in show | Lady Dorothy Campbell as Niobe, 1935, by Madame Yevonde

Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

How to welcome everyone

While many museums still struggle to create inclusive exhibitions for disabled visitors, Rob Sharp has found some innovative examples of best practice

Art speaks louder than words

Gareth Harris speaks to the artists who are challenging preconceptions around disability

Voices on anti-ableism

Museums Journal canvassed nine artists, writers, activists and curators for their views on how inclusivity in museums, galleries and wider society should be improved. Here are their responses

Sign of the times | Norwegian Museum of Deaf History and Culture, Trondheim

Caroline Parry visits a museum that is dedicated to documenting the experiences of D/deaf people

Museum of… The Lyme Museum

Eleanor Mills visits a unique online museum that shares the lived experience of people with invisible illnesses and disabilities

Best in show | Dapple Paddle, 1997-98, The McManus, Dundee

Dawson Murray's bold watercolour, painted more than a decade after the artist was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, is a highlight of the gallery's Hidden Histories exhibition

Museum of… Jackfield Tile Museum, Shropshire

Simon Stephens explores a world-class collection of tiles ranging from items designed by great artists to those rescued from public buildings

A sense of wonder | American Museum of Natural History, New York

Rebecca Swirsky talks to Lauri Halderman about a project that aims to educate visitors and connect them to the natural world