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Emma Shepley

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Emma Shepley

Freelance curator and museum consultant, former member of the Beecroft Bequest Committee

Review Openings

Crafters’ companion | Crafts Council Gallery

This new creative space in London is the perfect home to showcase a rediscovered love of crafting

Review Exhibitions

Portraying Pregnancy: from Holbein to Social Media, Foundling Museum, London

Emma Shepley on the great expectations that this show aims to reveal

Review Openings

Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries, Science Museum, London

Art and drama meet medical history in these transformative displays

Review Redevelopment

Fulham Palace House and Garden, London

The essentials for a good visitor experience are in place, but it’s the magical garden that steals the show

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Temporary exhibition | The Anatomy of Melancholy, Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham, Kent

An affecting show that brings to life a 17th-century classic via a range of intriguing artworks, says Emma Shepley

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University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge

The world-class specimens and exciting displays more than fulfil the venue's aim to encourage a passion for science and discovery, says Emma Shepley

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The Voice of Nursing: Celebrating 100 years of the RCN, the Royal College of Nursing, London

A proud showcase of an institution that has supported nursing for a century, says Emma Shepley

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Blood: Uniting and Dividing

Jewish Museum, London

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Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham, Kent

Emma Shepley is moved and fascinated by a newly designed museum that sensitively explores the lives of those people living with mental ill-health