Gaynor Kavanaugh is head of Graduate Studies and principal lecturer in History at Bath Spa University. Elizabeth Frostick, Birmingham City Museums and Galleries

• Buttons, belisha beacons and bullets - city histories in museums, Gaynor Kavanagh; razor ribbons, history museums and civic salvation, Michael Wallace; city museums and their role in a divided community - the Northern Ireland experience, Bill Maguire; Croydon - what history?, Sally MacDonald; the city museum - who comes?, Carol Scott; approaches to portraying the city in European museums, Max Hebditch; collections and collecting, Catherine Ross; brave new world - the future for city history museums, David Fleming; breaking down the barriers of ignorance, Raj Pal; envisioning cities - London, Roy Porter; defining cities -socio-geographical perspectives, Rachael Unsworth; the discovery centre at Millennium Point, Birmingham, Elizabeth Frostick.

Gaynor Kavanaugh is head of Graduate Studies and principal lecturer in History at Bath Spa University. Elizabeth Frostick, Birmingham City Museums and Galleries

• Buttons, belisha beacons and bullets - city histories in museums, Gaynor Kavanagh; razor ribbons, history museums and civic salvation, Michael Wallace; city museums and their role in a divided community - the Northern Ireland experience, Bill Maguire; Croydon - what history?, Sally MacDonald; the city museum - who comes?, Carol Scott; approaches to portraying the city in European museums, Max Hebditch; collections and collecting, Catherine Ross; brave new world - the future for city history museums, David Fleming; breaking down the barriers of ignorance, Raj Pal; envisioning cities - London, Roy Porter; defining cities -socio-geographical perspectives, Rachael Unsworth; the discovery centre at Millennium Point, Birmingham, Elizabeth Frostick.

Gaynor Kavanaugh is head of Graduate Studies and principal lecturer in History at Bath Spa University. Elizabeth Frostick, Birmingham City Museums and Galleries

• Buttons, belisha beacons and bullets - city histories in museums, Gaynor Kavanagh; razor ribbons, history museums and civic salvation, Michael Wallace; city museums and their role in a divided community - the Northern Ireland experience, Bill Maguire; Croydon - what history?, Sally MacDonald; the city museum - who comes?, Carol Scott; approaches to portraying the city in European museums, Max Hebditch; collections and collecting, Catherine Ross; brave new world - the future for city history museums, David Fleming; breaking down the barriers of ignorance, Raj Pal; envisioning cities - London, Roy Porter; defining cities -socio-geographical perspectives, Rachael Unsworth; the discovery centre at Millennium Point, Birmingham, Elizabeth Frostick.