How to find cheap (or free) days out for the kids, come rain or shine
Amid the cost of living crisis, and the high price of attractions, many children are stuck indoors. But there are affordable, but no less exciting, trips
March 2024
Other lives
Patrick Boylan obituary
Other lives: Museum director who went on to become heard of arts policy and management at City, University of London
January 2024
Money matters: why museums could help Britain’s poor financial literacy
Shelving of plans to revamp Bank of England Museum puts spotlight on uphill task of expanding financial education
December 2023
‘It’s time to re-examine its radical nature’: Paris to celebrate 150 years of impressionism
Musée d’Orsay to open a major show to throw new light on the 1874 exhibition that marked the advent of avant-garde art
November 2023
That’s not a potato: mystery of Egyptian treasures found buried in grounds of Scottish school
Incredible tale of Melville House where, over a 30-year period, pupils uncovered treasures of antiquity
October 2023
Pokémon no go: Van Gogh Museum stops free cards amid tout chaos
Booming resale market for cards featuring Pikachu in style of Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait With Grey Felt Hat
February 2023
Other lives
Simon Olding obituary
Other lives: Director of the Crafts Study Centre at the University of the Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey
November 2022
Forgotten photos show how Kenyan archaeologists unearthed secrets of their own country
Exhibitions in UK and Africa rewrite history by celebrating discoveries of overlooked black excavators in colonial era
February 2022
Australian arts in focus
Parramatta Powerhouse: NSW arts minister dismisses claims $915m museum is being built on a flood zone
Minister grilled over museum’s ability to withstand one-in-100-year flood levels at Parramatta riverbank site
December 2020
Vaccine vials, masks: welcome to the first Covid collection, at London's Science Museum
Vial used to give Margaret Keenan the first non-trial dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is among items being used to document UK’s response to pandemic
June 2020
Letter: Dame Jocelyn Barrow obituary
Alan Swerdlow writes: Jocelyn Barrow played a valuable role in creating the Transatlantic Slavery Gallery at the Merseyside Maritime Museum
May 2020
Welsh memory project aims to document coronavirus impact
National museum asks citizens to share their feelings and experiences during crisis
April 2020
A local's guide
How to visit Amsterdam while stuck at home in lockdown
You can still explore this unique city’s culture from your laptop, says Hans Rooseboom, curator of photography at the Rijksmuseum
February 2020
V&A Museum of Childhood to close for £13m revamp
Charles Dickens 'treasure trove' goes to London museum
November 2019
Cleansing ceremonies in Germany mark a homecoming and a shift in cultural understanding
Gail Jones
Smoke wafted through a Leipzig museum’s halls following the return of 45 human remains to their rightful custodians in Australia
Noble Frankland obituary
Director of the Imperial War Museum who transformed it from a decaying backwater to a major tourist attraction
RAF Museum in row over children’s exhibition’s link to arms giant
Critics claim interactive maths show promotes missile manufacturer
August 2019
New museum tells gripping story of liberation of Paris 75 years on
Basement used by resistance as control centre transformed ahead of anniversary of Nazis surrender
July 2019
Other lives
Gwenllian Ashley obituary
Other lives: Champion of the visual culture of Wales
