People

Profile | ‘Theme parks are fantastic ways of telling stories – so are museums’

The chief executive of Portsmouth’s Mary Rose Trust, Dominic Jones, entered the museum sector seven years ago, but now finally feels as though he belongs in it

Q&A | ‘Railways are a global story but we wanted to take it back to where it started’

Sarah Price, head of the Locomotion Museum in Shildon, tells us why the town is looking to the future as it celebrates its past

Q&A | ‘It felt like the right time to bring fashion back into the conversation’

Jon Astbury on why Barbican has put on its first fashion exhibition in eight years

Working life | ‘We’re preparing for the world’s largest-ever natural history collection migration’

Jessica Bradford, who recently became director of collections at the Natural History Museum, talks us through her role

Q&A | ‘If we are a publicly funded gallery, we need to be an inclusive space’

Elizabeth Wewiora on Open Eye Gallery's new Firehawks exhibition and the importance of collaborative social practice within the arts

Q&A | ‘We wanted to move beyond the narrative that Moody is forgotten, invisible and marginalised’

Farah Dailami tells us how Hepworth Wakefield curated its award-winning show on the Jamaican-born sculptor Ronald Moody

Q&A | ‘We need to ensure all children are able to have a meaningful experience’

Leigh-Anne Stradeski, the head of Eureka! The National Children's Museum, on supporting the development of young people

Q&A | ‘Queer stories in historic houses can still feel contested’

Indigo Dunphy-Smith discusses a new tool exploring LGBTQ+ themes in historic houses

Q&A | ‘As they say, “Rome wasn’t built in a day”’

Jo Jones, Leicester's head of arts and museums, reveals how the new Jewry Wall Museum is bringing Roman Leicester to life

Profile | ‘Everyone was like “Oh my god, he’s actually serious”’

Jago Cooper, director of the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia, explains why he took an unorthodox approach to transforming the museum

Q&A | ‘We made a lot of plasticine poo’

The Thackray Museum’s Jack Gann lifts the lid on its new child-led exhibition

Profile | ‘One of the things that is critical to our mission is to help people find their voice’

Clare Barlow, the director of People’s History Museum in Manchester, on democracy, speaking out and hope