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Reviews

The IT crowd | Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet, Tate Modern, London

It’s time to scroll back to before the birth of the world wide web to experience what was at the forefront of art technology at the time

Book review | What Are Museums for?, by Jon Sleigh

This book might just give you renewed optimism about the importance of museums, says Helen Beckett

Bookworm

From the social world of galleries to a cookbook for conservators, your bitesize sample of the latest museum sector books

One day in April | Preston Manor, Brighton

Rebecca Atkinson travels back to 1912 in a visit to the reopened Preston Manor in Brighton

Force of nature | Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots, Serpentine Gallery, London

An enchanting realm where the body and nature intertwine

Digital reviews | Art and AI, 1980s queer history in Liverpool and the National Coal Mining Museum’s new guide

We take a scroll through the latest digital content from museums and heritage

Pride of place | Staffordshire History Centre, Stafford

A perfect dip into local history

Organic matter | Life, As We Know It, Oxford University Museum of Natural History

These revamped displays are enthralling

The shape of a city | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

The first phase of the museum’s revamp is very engaging indeed

Bookworm

From a fictional museum mystery to the 'absolute disorder' of decolonisation, your bitesize sample of the latest museum sector books

Digital reviews | Talking cats, essential data and rat week

We take a scroll through the latest digital content from museums and heritage

Fighting spirit | Dover Castle Under Siege

This new development brings a military perspective to one of English Heritage’s flagship sites