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Hogarth’s House, Chiswick, London

Penny Ritchie Calder dodges the traffic on the Chiswick roundabout to take a look at the restoration of William Hogarth's family home

Photographs Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The V&A's new photography space crams a lot into a small space but still provides a thrilling tour of the history of the medium, says Patrick Henry

Catalogue: British Design from 1948

A dedicated rights clearance team at the V&A has made picture research smoother and more cost-effective, writes Frances Ambler

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On Fairy-Stories by JRR Tolkien

Fort Nelson, Hampshire

Museums Journal returns to Fort Nelson to see how the project looks now it has been fully completed. By Simon Stephens

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon

Objects remain at the heart of Exeter's redeveloped museum, with the collection reinterpreted for a modern audience, writes Peter Mason

Books: Museums Matter: In praise of the Encyclopedic Museum James Cuno

David Fleming is sceptical about this defence of the encyclopedic museum

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Scotland's portrait gallery has emerged after a total makeover, inside and out. Simon Stephens gauges its success

Dickens and London, Museum of London

Is the Museum of London’s Dickens exhibition full of great expectations, or just an old curiosity shop? Jonathan Conlin finds out

Ancient Egypt and Nubia Galleries, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford

Rachel Souhami is fascinated by the Ashmolean's beautiful new galleries but wanted to hear more about ancient Egypt's politics

Books: The Story of Irish Museums 1790-2000: Culture, Identity and Education

Timothy Mason benchpresses a tome that's weighty, literally and metaphorically