People

Obituary | Hilary Nightingale, 1930-2022

The former editor of Museums Journal had a prodigious intellect

Q&A | ‘It’s not bad at all that there will be conflicts and difference’

Artist Anthony Schrag tells us about a new exhibition at Perth Museum where the public will vote for their most valued objects

Q&A | ‘We want to make people realise that their moment is as important as anyone else’s’

Museum of Youth Culture founder, Jon Swinstead, on how the institution is engaging audiences as it settles into its new home

Q&A | ‘We wanted to use this period to come back bolder and more beautiful’

Charleston director Nathaniel Hepburn is looking to the future after the challenges of the Covid pandemic

Profile | Opening the doors

Geraldine Kendall Adams talks to the Humboldt Forum’s Hartmut Dorgerloh about the creation of Berlin’s newest cultural powerhouse

Moves

The latest appointments in museums, galleries and heritage

Working life | Roberto Portela Miguez

How natural history museums are working together on a digital bat library that will support virus research

Profile | Climate for change

Sara Kassam talks to Rebecca Atkinson about her new role as the Museums Association’s climate champion trustee

Moves

The latest appointments in museums, galleries and heritage

Working life | Clare Lilley

The director of programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park oversees the Oak Project, which explores people’s relationship with the natural world

Working life | Look east

The director of V&A East, Gus Casely-Hayford, discusses his ambitious plans to celebrate the wealth of creative talent in a youthful and vibrant area of London

Q&A | ‘We had to say Black Live Music Matters’

Music curator at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, Adem Holness, on how the 696 festival came together