Sharon Heal discovers how Papplewick Pumping Station is considering staging wedding ceremonies to generate income

Sharon Heal hears how the Museum of Scottish Lead Mining survives in its remote Scottish location

For the second in a series on unusual collections, Sharon Heal visits a gallery in a Surrey village that was built to house the work of George Frederic Watts, one of Britain's most talented 19th-century painters and sculptors

Sharon Heal investigates the phenomenal growth of cultural quarters and asks what can they offer museums and galleries

Sharon Heal takes a deep breath as she explores the gory contents of the Old Operating Theatre near London Bridge

Sharon Heal visits Glasgow and finds out that the £28m redevelopment of Kelvingrove is part of a wider transformation of the city's museums

Current interest in the environment should be good news for natural history museums. So why are the curators wringing their hands? Sharon Heal investigates

Selling lesser artworks to fund the purchase of better ones is common practice in the US. But could it happen in this country, asks Sharon Heal in the second of her three-part series on disposals

In the last of three articles on disposal, Sharon Heal looks at how public perception and industry attitudes are changing, and what the future might hold

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

In the second of two articles, our expert panel discuss the financial and environmental sustainability of temporary exhibitions.

Last month, Museums Journal brought together seven experts to debate the future of temporary exhibitions. The first of two articles explores what makes a great show and why we put them on.