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Reviews

From ‘grubby’ mass production to serious artist – Beryl Cook: Pride and Joy

These joyful, insightful works are given the critical attention they deserve at The Box, Plymouth, says Lara Goodband

Just a number? | The Coming of Age, Wellcome Collection, London

This exploration of what it means to grow old has a strong emotional core, finds Ioan Hazell

Bookworm | Our round-up of the latest museum reading

From the question of authenticity, to the history of printmaking to everything you need to know about embroidery

Books | Object-Based Learning: Exploring museums and collections, by Thomas Kador

This book will inspire you to consider the stories behind objects in a different way

Front runner | Shoemakers Museum, Street, Somerset

Peter Mason steps back in time to explore this history of Clarks shoes

Digital | The Garden Museum, a museum of stolen objects, and one on digital influence

We take a close look at the cache

Do the locomotion | Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees

Kylea Little is impressed by a new exhibition space where creative installations engage visitors in the story of rail

Quay to success | Poole Museum, Poole, Dorset

These restored historic galleries take in a modern twist

Books | The Artist as Ecologist: Contemporary Art and the Environment

Filipa Ramos' exploration of the transformative power of contemporary art is an important call to action

Digital | Unusual specimens, Bridgerton and Andy Warhol

A scroll through the latest digital developments from museums

Food for thought | School Dinners, Food Museum, Stowmarket, Suffolk

A showcase of school dinners through the decades is engaging visitors of all ages, whether they experienced ordeal by pink custard or turkey twizzlers

Criminal records | 150 years of the Crime Museum

This sensitively curated exhibition at London's Metropolitan Police Museum shines a light on the work of those who expose murderers and fraudsters