Reviews
Lakeland Motor Museum, Ulverston, Cumbria
A lack of interpretation aside, Tim Bryan enjoys an evocative trip into British transport history
Market Hall, Warwick
Warwickshire Museum Service has made a small budget go a long way at its museum based at Market Hall, writes Maria Blyzinsky
Hertford Museum, Hertfordshire
Penny Ritchie Calder on a revamped museum that knows how to engage its audiences and make them feel involved
Opening this month
The messiah of psychedelic rock at Handel House Museum and vintage dust at Oxford: Geraldine Kendall picks her choice of August's new exhibitions
Ceramics Gallery, Burton Art Gallery & Museum, Bideford, Devon
Peter Mason on how this Devon museum has made the most of its nationally important collection of slipware ceramics
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 Enchanted Palace, Kensington Palace, London
Sara Selwood reviews a series of installations that aim to bring a radical new interpretation to a historic palace
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
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