Curator's Choice
From medieval seals and lawnmowers to Spitfires and space modules, museum and gallery curators reveal - in their own words - the objects they are passionate about from within their collections...
Curator's Choice: The raciness, modesty and nudity of bygone British bathing beauties
Karen Snowden, of Scarborough Museums Trust, explains why bathing costumes have sparked fashion trends and controversy across the centuries.
Curator's Choice: Ciara Phipps on colourful court shoes at Newcastle's Discovery Museum
Find out about a pair of shoes which were handmade in Paris for a dancer during the 1920s but illustrate a design style still prevalent in swish footwear almost a century on.
Curator's Choice: Karen Snowden on a stylish maternity dress in Scarborough
The Head of Collections at Scarborough Museums Trust tells us why a "wonderful, beautiful" dress from 1790 still looks comfy today.
Curator's Choice: A picnic table at Eureka! The National Children's Museum in Halifax
Leigh-Anne Stradeski introduces All About Me, the new £2.9 million gallery at The National Children's Museum, and tells us why her favourite exhibit involves food decisions.
Edinburgh Art Festival celebrates tenth birthday in style with strong line-up across city
As the hotly-anticipated annual visual arts festival in Edinburgh announces its line-up for this August, Director Sorcha Carey tells us about one or two shows to look out for.
Curator's Choice: Amber Druce picks a tomb painting from Pharaoh: Reborn
Dozens of watercolour recordings of tomb decorations from Ancient Egypt are about to go on show at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. We find out about one of them.
Curator's Choice: Paul Doherty on the belt worn by his father on Bloody Sunday
The taxi driver and guide at the Museum of Free Derry Museum Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, explains why one of the resident exhibits is of great personal importance to him.
Artist's Statement: A Hampton Court Palace chandelier in Secrets of the Royal Bedchamber
Sophie Nielsen and Rolf Knudsen's mirror chandelier, made for the Queen's Stairs, has joined a "breathtaking" palace, say the Danish design pair.
Artist's Statement: Eduardo Stupia on Reinventing Landscape at Rosenfeld Porcini
The Argentine artist tells us about taking the "spiritual and intangible stuff" around the world, being inspired by landscapes and avoiding the constraints of self-awareness.
Curator's Choice: Gill Scott on bone saws and amputation knives at the Great North Museum
The gruesome details of Barber Surgeon instruments from the current Tales of Antiquarian Adventure exhibition in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Curator's Choice: Mark Carnall on the Micrarium at the Grant Museum in London
Obsolete in teaching, limited for research use, poorly documented and a "nightmare" to interpret, Curator Mark Carnall tells us about the Grant's wondrous office of slides.
Curator's Choice: Sue Giles on a toy from a child's grave at Bristol's King of Egypt show
The Curator of Ethnography at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery tells us about a linen ball, designed for the afterlife, at the forthcoming Pharaoh: King of Egypt show.
Curator's Choice: Lucy Cooper on a wedding dress made out of metal in Sheffield
The Museums Sheffield Curator of Metalwork tells us about a mesh dress made for the current Designed to Shine: 100 Years of Stainless Steel show at the Millennium Gallery.
Curator's Choice: Tony Robinson on the television, his career and snooker in full colour
Actor and broadcaster Tony Robinson explains why television is as good as it ever was, and how the advances of the small screen have paralleled his life.
Artist's Statement: Ruth Marten on hair, tattooing and New York City flea markets
The New York artist on tattooing in 1970s New York, the death-defying capabilities of hair and her "wonky and resolute" depictions of birds, mammals and botany.
