Reviews
Portrait of a Lady? Ruin & Reputation in the Georgian Era, No 1 Royal Crescent, Bath
Sarah Cheverton is impressed by a small exhibition that exposes the darker side of women’s lives in Georgian England
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
Catalogue: Virginia Woolf: Art, Life and Vision
Frances Spalding on how she devised a fresh approach to one of literature's most important authors
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
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