Private passion
Sharon Heal visits west London to see how order has been restored to the vast and eclectic collection of Thomas Layton
Reviews
Book Review: Public Art, Thinking Museums Differently
The vogue for museums focusing on experiences rather than objects need not be a disaster, writes Colin Hynson. Museums just need to learn from public art
Enforcing abolition
Julia Edge on a compact exhibition that follows the role Britain's navy played in trying to stop slave traders in the wake of the abolition act
Kids’ stuff
Rebecca Mileham says the National Trust needs to build on its winning approach to interpretation for children at Chastleton House to make the property a real success
Travels with my armchair
Maria Blyzinsky enjoys the new home of a museum that contains the remarkable range of objects amassed by the Victorian collectors Richard and Henry Cuming
A sketchy start
Middlesbrough's new art space may be glamorous and informal, but the content falls way short of what the city deserves, writes Caroline Worthington
At the coalface
Sharon Heal makes a pit stop at the Scottish Mining Museum, which shows what life was like for those working in this unforgiving industry
Opening this month
From the elaborate art of Iran's Book of Kings to the plain space of John Pawson: Geraldine Kendall selects the pick of September's new exhibitions
Lighthouses: Life on the Rocks, National Maritime Museum, Cornwall, Falmouth
The story of the UK's lighthouses and their keepers is well told in Cornwall, says Simon Stephens
Galleries of Modern London, Museum of London
Mark Suggitt is impressed by the Museum of London's approach to telling the complex story of the capital during the past 350 years
Florence Nightingale Museum, London
The story of pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale is successfully brought to life by the museum that bears her name, writes Jane Weeks
Books: How To Get a Job in a Museum or Art Gallery
Can this practical publication crack open a sector that is so difficult to enter? Full marks for trying, says Charlotte Holmes