Javier Pes
Javier Pes
freelance journalist
Crisis management
Javier Pes investigates the challenges facing medical museums during the Covid-19 pandemic
A year of remembrance
A huge range of events in museums and galleries across the country are aiming to connect today’s generations with the significance and legacy of the first world war. Javier Pes reports
Capturing a moment
Is the UK finally giving documentary photography the space and respect it deserves, asks Javier Pes
A new face: Beningbrough Hall, York
The National Portrait Gallery and the National Trust have joined forces to create what they claim is an innovative and ambitious redisplay for a historic house. Javier Pes judges its success
Under the wraps
Mummy: the Inside Story, British MuseumDoes the virtual unwrapping of one of the British Museum's mummies reveal anything new? By Javier Pes
What a performance
The lights are going down on the Theatre Museum and Javier Pes says it will need some dramatic tension if it is to flourish at its new home at the V&A
German Emigration Centre wins EMYA and ss Great Britain takes the Micheletti
The winner of this year's European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) is the German Emigration Centre (GEC) in Bremerhaven, which received its prize at a ceremony held appropriately in Alicante, Spain - another port city with a long history.