Books

Books | Iconoclasm and the Museum

A timely look at what happens after the destruction of icons and monuments

Creating virtual tours at the Museum of Gloucester

A low-budget approach using smartphone videos and photographs

Books | Studio Lives. Architect, Art and Artist in 20th-Century Britain

Cicely Robinson on a book that explores the evolution of studio-houses used by British artists between 1900 and 1940

Book review | A Museum Miscellany, by Claire Cock-Starkey

This book will probably sell well in museum gift shops, but would have benefited from a less traditional view of the sector

Book | Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures from the Nazis

Stuart Burch says Donald Trump would be well advised to read a book explaining why protecting culture is imperative

On my bookshelf | Grit, by Angela Duckworth

You need a host of skills in any museum career. But in a sector awash with passionate and talented people, it is persistence and perseverance that enable us to survive and thrive.  Even though I have 12 years of experience under my belt, working in such a competitive and notoriously poorly paid field means I …

Catalogue | Bill Brandt / Henry Moore

The design of this book captures the zeitgeist of the second world war and its aftermath

Book | Digging up Britain, by Mike Pitts

This is an evocative and fascinating excavation of Britain’s archaeological past

Catalogue | Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years

This book focuses on the freewheeling environment that the artist worked in during his early career

On my bookshelf

The Participatory Museum by Nina Simon

Book | Learning from Museums (second edition), by John Falk and Lynn Dierking

Understanding how visitors absorb information is key

Catalogue | Alfredo Jaar: The Garden of Good and Evil

This hefty publication’s focus on photos immerses readers in the installation’s haunting atmosphere