By Helmuth Trischler Festschrift: how do we value artefacts in museum research? By Alison Boyle Festschrift: of mice and myths: challenges and opportunities of capturing contemporary science in museums By Tim Boon Festschrift: Ways of curating: introduction to a mini-festschrift in honour of Robert Bud By Miriam Dafydd A museum by the people for the people? A review of St Fagans National Museum of History’s new galleries By Gemma Almond Why the anonymous and everyday objects are important: using the Science Museum’s collections to re-write the history of vision aids By Helen Langwick Review: Behind the Exhibit: Displaying Science and Technology at the World’s Fairs and Museums in the Twentieth Century By Elizabeth Haines and Anna Woodham Mobilising the Energy in Store: stored collections, enthusiast experts and the ecology of heritage By Anna Geurts and Oliver Betts The museum micro-fellowship By Tacye Phillipson Collections development in hindsight: a numerical analysis of the Science and Technology collections of National Museums Scotland since 1855 By Donata Miller ‘Everything passes, except the past’: reviewing the renovated Royal Museum of Central Africa (RMCA)