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Reviews

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

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

Museums and the Construction of Disciplines: Art and Archaeology in 19th-century Britain

Timothy Mason on a revealing account of how a 19th-century debate on definitions of art and archaeology shaped the future of Britain's museums

Rediscovering Greece and Rome, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Nicky Ryan on an exhibition that is part of a wider project to bring academic and museum practices closer together

The Ministry of Food, Imperial War Museum, London

Julia Edge gets a taste for 1940s food at this well-presented exhibition about wartime rationing

Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa, British Museum, London

This exhibition acknowledges the beauty and sophistication of African art, writes Felicity Heywood

Opening this month

From the lowlife of Montmartre to the high life of the psychedelic Sixties: Geraldine Kendall takes her pick of May's new exhibitions

The People’s History Museum, Manchester

Focusing on politics, class, conflict and identity, the People's History Museum has opened at the right time with the right message, says Mark Suggitt

Henry Moore, Tate Britain, London

Has Tate succeeded in saying anything new about Britain's most famous sculptor? Stephen Feeke finds out

Chelmsford Museum, Essex

Jane Weeks finds a buzzing museum that successfully tells the history of Chelmsford, the birthplace of radio

Book review

Re-Presenting Disability: Activism and Agency in the Museum

Opening this month

Film-star wedding dresses, religious hybrids and rare maps: Geraldine Kendall takes her pick of April's new exhibitions