Reviews
Dorking Museum, Surrey
A bequest by one of its volunteers allowed Dorking Museum to carry out a much-needed redevelopment. Caroline Worthington looks at the results
Treasures, Cadogan Gallery, Natural History Museum, London
Peter Lewis has a long-standing love of the Natural History Museum but fails to fall for its Treasures exhibition
Charles Dickens Museum, London
Providing effective interpretation in writers' houses is never easy. Jonathan Conlin visits the revamped Charles Dickens Museum to find out how successful it has been
Books: Curating Empire: Museums and the British Imperial Experience
An account of how the British empire exported its museums mostly impresses Timothy Mason
Catalogue: This World is Almost 6000 Years Old
Ashley Gallant on a multi-venue exhibition that brings together objects from Lincolnshire's archaeological holdings with works from young artists and new commissions
Vikings!, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Sharon Heal wanted a bit more blood and thunder in this exhibition about Vikings that has crossed the seas from Sweden
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales: Masterpieces from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the D. Daskalopoulos Collection, Edinburgh
Death seems to be a popular subject in museums at the moment. Stephen Lloyd takes the pulse of this offering from the National Galleries of Scotland
Bridewell Museum, Norwich
A revamped museum tells the story of Norwich and its people with imagination and verve, writes Tim Bryan
Dr Livingstone, I Presume? National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Neil Johnson-Symington enjoyed journeying through this exhibition about David Livingstone, but wanted a more dynamic approach to interpretation