Travels with my armchair
Maria Blyzinsky enjoys the new home of a museum that contains the remarkable range of objects amassed by the Victorian collectors Richard and Henry Cuming
Reviews
A sketchy start
Middlesbrough's new art space may be glamorous and informal, but the content falls way short of what the city deserves, writes Caroline Worthington
At the coalface
Sharon Heal makes a pit stop at the Scottish Mining Museum, which shows what life was like for those working in this unforgiving industry
Opening this month
From the elaborate art of Iran's Book of Kings to the plain space of John Pawson: Geraldine Kendall selects the pick of September's new exhibitions
Lighthouses: Life on the Rocks, National Maritime Museum, Cornwall, Falmouth
The story of the UK's lighthouses and their keepers is well told in Cornwall, says Simon Stephens
Galleries of Modern London, Museum of London
Mark Suggitt is impressed by the Museum of London's approach to telling the complex story of the capital during the past 350 years
Florence Nightingale Museum, London
The story of pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale is successfully brought to life by the museum that bears her name, writes Jane Weeks
Books: How To Get a Job in a Museum or Art Gallery
Can this practical publication crack open a sector that is so difficult to enter? Full marks for trying, says Charlotte Holmes
Opening this month
Volcanic activity as seen through artists' eyes, World Cup fever and a surrealist birthday party: Geraldine Kendall takes her pick of July's new exhibitions
Discover Greenwich, London
A new visitor centre could do a better job of helping visitors to discover Greenwich, writes Oliver Green
Borders Textile Towerhouse, Hawick, Scottish Borders
Peter Lewis admires a vibrant museum that explores the history of textiles in the Scottish Borders