Reviews

HMS Caroline, Belfast

The visitor experience has been enhanced by the restoration of the Pump House that sits next to this historically significant warship, says Alan Freeburn

Catalogue

The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum and its Collections, by Elspeth King and Michael McGinnes

Books

Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology: Birds, Books and Busines, by Henry McGhie

World Rugby Museum, Twickenham

Adam Chadwick tackles this newly renovated venue and discovers a museum with personality and ambition

Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh

Mary Stones takes a trip down memory lane and finds plenty to delight the young and the young at heart

Digital

We review the latest websites and apps

Best in show

The Rezillos’ Fender Precision bass guitar, 1970s - National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Royal Academy of Arts, London

This grand redevelopment not only joins up two historic sites for a better visitor experience, but also offers more art to see for free, says Alex Fairhead

On my bookshelf

Eccentric Spaces, by Robert Harbison

Me and my research

Crossing bridges in Rochester

On my bookshelf

Interpreting Our Heritage, by Freeman Tilden

The D-Day Story, Portsmouth

This redeveloped museum more than fulfils its aim of telling the epic human stories behind the allied invasion of Normandy. By Geraldine Kendall Adams