Reviews

Brooklands Museum, Surrey

Oliver Green marvels at the technological and engineering innovations revealed by the reimagining of a significant site for British motorsport and aviation

Catalogue

Phil Cleaver on the curious workings of a master of typographic design

Digital

We review the latest museum sector websites

On my bookshelf

Tools for Success: A Manager’s Guide, by Suzanne Turner

Best in show

Doubling Gloucester Cheeses By the Gruyere Method in an Old Gloucester Cheese Works, 1940, by William Heath Robinson - Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire 

Hayward Gallery, London

Sara Holdsworth finds beauty in this iconic brutalist gallery, with the remodelled venue given a gentle facelift and improved facilities

Best in show

3D model sculpture of a pliosaur, by Andrew Cocks, 2017 - The Etches Collection, Museum of Jurassic Marine Life, Kimmeridge, Dorset

Books

Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects

Digital

We review the latest websites and apps

Venom, Killer and Cure, Natural History Museum, London

Jack Ashby braves an exhibition that sends shivers down the spine and lauds a fresh approach to interpretation that invites an emotional response to a scary subject

The Past is Now: Birmingham and the British Empire, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Jonathan Wallis visits a groundbreaking exhibition that offers new perspectives on the British empire, as seen by six co-curators who worked with the museum’s team

Who decides? Making Connections with Contemporary Art, National Museum Cardiff

Morwenna Lewis visits an innovative exhibition that takes community engagement to a new level