Next year's unveiling of the New Acropolis Museum will reopen the debate about whether the British Museum should return the sculptures from the Parthenon. Tom Flynn reports

Dea Birkett hears how the organisers of the Big Draw have overcome precarious financial support to stage one of the UK's largest annual museum events

It's been a long time coming, but Shetland's new museum is finally close to opening. Andrew Burnet heads north to find out more

In the first of three articles on disposal, Sharon Heal looks at the ways in which museums have changed how they manage their collections over the years

From bogus Botticellis to fraudulent fish, fakes have a long history in museum collections. Katrina Burroughs exposes some of the most notorious examples

After just a few months in the director's role at the Manchester Museum, Nick Merriman is busy implementing some major cultural changes. Felicity Heywood finds out about his plans

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

Deborah Mulhearn reports on the roles museums and galleries are playing in the 800th birthday celebrations of Leeds and Liverpool

The government wants to get more kids out of their classrooms and into museums and galleries. Joanna Moorhead finds out why

Museums have been working hard with their counterparts overseas to give an international dimension to this year's anniversary of Britain's abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. Patrick Steel reports

Maria Amidu has achieved a lot during her time as the head of a national project to help people understand the slave trade, but is now keen to return to more grassroots work. By Felicity Heywood

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