Reviews
Bagshaw Museum, Batley, Yorkshire
Mark Suggitt visits a museum that has retained its charm after a major redevelopment
Museum Materialities: Objects, Engagements, Interpretations
Timothy Mason struggles to engage with a book about people and objects
Opening this month
How a photographer caught the UK's industrial north on the cusp of change. Geraldine Kendall looks at this month's new exhibitions
Darwin Centre (Phase 2), Natural History Museum, London
Rachel Souhami is impressed by the building but would like to see more on display inside
Moctezuma, Aztec Ruler, British Museum, London
Peter Lewis on an exhibition that successfully analyses the various interpretations of the life of the Aztec emperor, Moctezuma II
Rhayader Museum and Gallery, Powys
Tim Bryan is impressed by a community museum that truly reflects the area's culture and identity
Books: An Infinity of Things – How Sir Henry Wellcome Collected the World
Henry Wellcome was a remarkable collector but was not an easy man to like, as Timothy Mason finds out
Opening this month
From wallpapers of yesteryear and memories of a shipyard, to digital futures, Simon Stephens looks at this month's new exhibitions
Northern blight
The home fires don't burn as brightly as they should at the Imperial War Museum North's latest exhibition, says Michael Wright
Opening this month
Simon Stephens surveys a selection of the eye-catching shows opening across Britain in the next four weeks