Reviews
Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Rusholme, Manchester
The refurbished Gallery of Costume has a stunning collection and an imaginative curatorial policy, but more detail wouldn't go amiss, says Nicky Ryan
Books: The Participatory Museum
Hazel Edwards applauds a book that has the measure of museums and participation
The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum
Dundee has used its high-quality collections to tell local and international stories in an imaginative way at the revitalised McManus, says Mark Suggitt
Libraries Within the Library: the Origins of the British Library’s Printed Collections
What can books themselves tell us in the age of digitised content? Volumes, says Timothy Mason
Conflicts of Interest, National Army Museum, London
Stuart Burch is impressed by a challenging exhibition that examines how conflict affects the soldiers themselves
Temporary exhibition: Our Sporting Life – Henley, River and Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames
A series of exhibitions exploring the UK's sporting heritage in the run up to the 2012 Olympics has started strongly, says Tim Bryan
Jewish Museum, London
The Jewish Museum needs to make a few changes if it is to achieve its aim of engaging with people of all ages, backgrounds and faiths, writes Sara Selwood
Opening this month
Want to join in a figurine-smashing ritual? Then come to Norwich, says Geraldine Kendall. You'll be given one of your very own
Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa, British Museum, London
This exhibition acknowledges the beauty and sophistication of African art, writes Felicity Heywood
The Ministry of Food, Imperial War Museum, London
Julia Edge gets a taste for 1940s food at this well-presented exhibition about wartime rationing