Opinion

Support Ai Weiwei

When does engagement become appeasement?

The insider

Praise to the museum of unhappiness

Should we be working on better networks?

Finding strength in diversity

From where I’m standing

Petrie exhibition stops short of answering question

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Editorial

New funding approach embraces public benefit

Vox pop

What role should the NMDC play in the UK museum sector?

The diary of a national museum director

Part 13

Letters

Use of unpaid internships in museums continues to provoke debate A Museums Association poll that revealed more than 70% of respondents thought that unpaid internships were exploitative sparked a flurry of comments on the MA’s website. We reprint a selection of views here. David Cameron has made it clear he is “cool” with using connections …

Letters

Science museums are incapable of organising inspiring shows Ken Arnold and Thomas Söderqvist make some useful suggestions in their manifesto for creating engaging science, technology and medicine exhibitions. But is this a serious call to action or just some fanciful ideas about what science museum displays might be like in an ideal world? Sadly, impressive …

From where I’m standing

Exhibition Road puts spotlight on Africa

The diary of a national museum director

Part 12

Letters

It’s all relative humidity Maurice Davies raised an interesting topic in his opinion piece Don’t touch that thermostat dial. He claims that for years we have been told to do all we can to achieve 50% relative humidity but the news is that we can aim for conditions of 40%–60% relative humidity or even wider. …