Books | Imagining the Future Museum: 21 Dialogues with Architects by András Szántó
This 2021 book offers a sharp insight into how spaces will evolve, says Owen Hopkins
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On my bookshelf | African Music, Power, and Being in Colonial Zimbabwe, by Mhoze Chikowero
This book about the complex history of music since the 1890s has been an inspiration for work around decolonisation
Books | Co-designing Infrastructures: Community Collaboration for Liveable Cities
Inspiration for museum projects with communities
Book review | Stories from Small Museums, by Fiona Candlin, Toby Butler and Jake Watts
Meeting the people behind local collections can be very enjoyable
On my bookshelf | The Story of my Teeth, by Valeria Luiselli
A book of fiction that made a link between the objects and the stories they tell, whether positive or negative
Book review | Demystifying Disability, by Emily Ladau
A brilliant guide to being inclusive and being an ally
Book review | The Oxford Handbook of Museum Archaeology
This publication is a sound starting point for those wanting to understand the context and challenges of contemporary museum archaeology
On my bookshelf | The Snail and the Whale, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
How a children's book can transform your writing practice
Books | The Gallery of Miracles and Madness
A hard-to-read but necessary account of how art was manipulated by Hitler to justify mass murder
Home truths | Transforming Author Museums: From Sites of Pilgrimage to Cultural Hubs
This book tells the story of the world’s author museums and cements their place in literary heritage
Books | Rethinking Research in the Art Museum, by Emily Pringle
Changing the way museums carry out research could make them more inclusive organisations
On my bookshelf | Ogilvy on Advertising
There's a lot we can learn about engaging audiences from the legendary 1960s adman, says Jamie Taylor