Case study | Creating inclusive fashion mannequins
Georgina Ripley shares how National Museum of Scotland has updated its fashion displays to better reflect society
Collections
British Museum was ‘victim of inside job’, says Osborne
Records were altered to conceal alleged thefts over as long as 25 years, chair tells MPs
American Museum of Natural History removes all human remains from display
Many of the 12,000 remains in the museum's collection came from Indigenous and enslaved populations
Media coverage of missing objects ‘misleading’, says MA director
Movement of objects is normal but documentation work has been 'undermined by structural underfunding'
Our statement on theft from museums
We can categorically say that theft from collections by people who work in museums is, fortunately, incredibly rare
V&A agrees deal with Yemen to display looted artefacts
Funerary objects found in London shop will be repatriated when Yemen deems it safe to do so
Briefings on collections care launched following British Museum crisis
Collections Trust hosts meetings to review core principles related to inventory, audit and loss
British Museum investigating thefts from its collections
A number of items missing, stolen or damaged, as member of staff is dismissed
In brief | Latest news and projects from across the sector
£3.6m of 'national treasures' saved and Spectrum collections management standard to be translated into Welsh
Book review | Curious Devices and Mighty Machines: Exploring Science Museums, by Samuel Alberti
A deep dive into the future of science museums
Tales of the unexpected
Unusual museums can be tucked away in unlikely places. John Holt talks to the people who look after these out-of-the-way venues about loneliness, plastic rats and preparing for Armageddon
Chequered history | Tartan, V&A Dundee
An interpretation of the famous cloth as never seen before