Engaging young audiences
Who are the millennials and how successful are museums at engaging them?
Julie Nightingale
Designing events that attract millennials
NMS, the William Morris Gallery, Tate and the V&A reveal how they connect with younger age groups
Surgical spirit
Medical museums are putting the experience of patients at the heart of their stories
Diverse challenges
Julie Nightingale talks to a number of senior sector figures to gauge their views on multiculturalism as a social policy
Siege mentality
Civil wars shaped England’s governance, military and health services
The future of learning?
A new model of online learning could give museums a major role as content providers to higher education for a mass audience. Julie Nightingale reports
Starting out
Student debts, limited job prospects and low pay – who would want to start a career in museums and galleries now? Julie Nightingale talks to some people doing precisely that
Learned friends
Partnerships between museums and universities are proving good ways to share expertise and access funding. By Julie Nightingale
Age concern
Forget teenagers, it's older people that are most excluded from museums and galleries. Julie Nightingale finds out what is being done to address this
Buying power
Funding programmes to get museums acquiring again are helping to revitalise collections, writes Julie Nightingale
In search of the good life
Getting a job in a museum or gallery overseas is a great way to develop your career and discover another country. But how easy is it to transfer your skills abroad, asks Julie Nightingale
Value judgements
In an attempt to get their fair share of public funds, museums have long been trying to find ways to prove their worth to government. So could the concept of public value be the answer, asks Julie Nightingale