Closed on Mondays: Behind the Scenes at the Museum

The transformation of museums from the ‘dreary, dusty places’ they used to be to places that people want to be in, alongside objects they want to be near and ideas they want to understand and then share has been extraordinary. During the last twenty-five years, millions of pounds have been poured into our national museums in the UK: as a result, they are certainly brighter and fuller.

It is against this background that Dinah Casson has opened the service entrance of the museum a little.This...