Katy Barrett

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Katy Barrett

Deputy Chief Curator and Head of Engagement, Houses of Parliament

The art of war | Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries, Imperial War Museum, London

Katy Barrett discovers the power of visual art in directing our view of war

Book review | Curious Devices and Mighty Machines: Exploring Science Museums, by Samuel Alberti

A deep dive into the future of science museums

Books | The Gallery of Miracles and Madness

A hard-to-read but necessary account of how art was manipulated by Hitler to justify mass murder

Books | Art in Science Museums: Towards a Post-Disciplinary Approach

This book on the evolving relationship between the arts and the sciences should be a call to arms for greater collaboration

On my bookshelf 

Headlong, by Michael Frayn

Royal Air Force Museum, London

Compelling personal stories are at the heart of this redeveloped museum, which has been reopened to coincide with the centenary of the RAF, says Katy Barrett

Books

Science Museums in Transition: Cultures of Display in Nineteenth-Century Britain and America

Books

The writer puts curatorial work back at the heart of what makes a museum fit for today, says Katy Barrett

Books

Curationism: How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else

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Museums in the New Mediascape: Transmedia, Participation, Ethics