Digital reviews
From a Black history app to guided Twitter walks, we take a scroll through the latest digital content from museums
Reviews
On my bookshelf | The Waste Land by TS Eliot
A poem that inspired Jemma Channing to investigate heritage as a place of asylum and recovery
Books | The Brutish Museums, by Dan Hicks
A hard-hitting case for cultural restitution and the need to recognise the impact of withholding items
Setting sail | Life on Board, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool
Culture, community and identity are explored in a tribute to the city’s seafaring history
In sickness and in health | Thackray Museum of Medicine, Leeds
Jamie Taylor finds that this inspiring redevelopment cured him of his aversion to medical museums
Powerful portraiture | Zanele Muholi, Tate Modern, London
A compelling portrayal of South Africa’s Black LGBTQIA+ communities
Books | Iconoclasm and the Museum
A timely look at what happens after the destruction of icons and monuments
On my bookshelf | Dan Vo
The Sexual Perspective: Homosexuality and Art in the Last 100 Years in the West, by Emmanuel Cooper
Digital reviews
We take a scroll through the latest online content from museums and galleries
Moving stories | London’s Transport at War, London Transport Museum
Rachel Boon found this new gallery engaging, but found the displays a little densely packed
Screen legend | Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema
This exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two) has stunning displays on the life and work of a cinematic great
Sailing into the future | The Box, Plymouth
A museum facelift that has revitalised cultural provision in the port city