Reviews

House of Illustration, London

The inaugural Quentin Blake exhibition is a crowd-pleaser

Elements: From Actinium to Zirconium, Ulster Museum, Belfast

More interactivity could improve this interesting exhibition by making the visitor experience more engaging

Web and mobile

We review the latest websites and mobile apps

Books

Art & Energy: How Culture Changes

Web and mobile

We review the latest websites and mobile apps

Books: The Postcolonial Museum: The Arts of Memory and the Pressures of History

Timothy Mason spots some bright lights through the mist in a book about museums in the postcolonial era

On my bookshelf

Christian Baars selects The Snouters by Harald Stümpke

Catalogue: Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision

Frances Spalding on how she devised a fresh approach to one of literature's most important authors

Wessex Gallery of Archaeology, Salisbury Museum, Wiltshire

Object-rich displays with clear and concise interpretation make this new archaeology gallery a triumph, writes Matt Williams

Colchester Castle Museum, Essex

This redevelopment does justice to its atmospheric and historically important location, writes Frazer Swift

Imperial War Museum, London

The opening of the redeveloped IWM London is one of the major events marking this year's first world war centenary. Julian Humphrys assesses the First World War Galleries while Yasmin Khan looks at the new atrium and the second world war displays

London Museum of Water & Steam

Oliver Green celebrates a museum that combines the preservation of a working industrial site with displays and facilities that will appeal to today's visitors