Reviews
Cabinet of Curiosities, Warrington Museum
Cabinets of curiosities are all the rage in museums. Sara Holdsworth visits Warrington to see how the concept has been interpreted there
HMS: Hear My Story, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
This gallery tells a powerful story but Stephen Lowy would have liked to have heard a few more outside voices
Making Freedom: Riots, Rebellions and Revolutions
Carol Dixon on a touring exhibition that focuses on the African-Caribbean activists who fought to secure freedom from slavery
Catalogue: The Wonder of Birds: Nature, Art, Culture
David Waterhouse explains why this book has a shelf-life beyond a linked exhibition
Art of the Troubles, Ulster Museum, Belfast
The artworks in this exhibition are challenging, haunting and difficult but provide valuable insights into Northern Ireland’s troubled past, writes Oonagh Murphy
Books: Museums and Social Activism: Engaged Protest
Katy Archer reflects on how the relationship between museums and politics creates both opportunities and challenges
Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre, Stirling
New technology provides the wow factor in a dramatic interpretation of a historic Scottish battle, says Christine McLean