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As you know, we love and adore museums (almost to a fault) and do what we can to support this wonderful community. As well as shining a light on museum publications and promoting museum exhibitions, we also provide in-kind support for  Museum...

Art books and coffee table books make the most beautiful presents - they inform, delight and often are works of art in their own right. While easy to wrap, heavy square and rectangle packages are easily identified as books which can...

Think ocean liners and you will most likely conjure up images of a glamorous world peopled by society beauties and actors playing deck quoits by day and elegantly sipping cocktails in art deco wood-panelled bars by night.  Ocean Liner: Speed and Style ...

Art historian and visual arts blogger Nigel Ip reviews Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer and is impressed by the book's exceptional research and brilliant illustrations. Read his thoughts here: Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer (by Carmen C. Bambach, with essays by Claire Barry, Francesco...

What makes a great exhibition book? Is it the quality of the reproductions, the research the book presents, the look and feel of the book or the ability of the book to communicate its ideas engagingly? Three industry experts have their...

We talk to Sjoerd Van Eeden from the Amsterdam Tulip Museum - a museum that brilliantly weaves history, botany and economics together to tell the tulip's fascinating story.

In our latest Museum Spotlight, we interview Monika Antikainen the curator of the world’s only museum dedicated to the Moomins - the hippo-like creatures dreamt up by the artist and illustrator, Tove Jansson. Jansson published some 15 books featuring the Moomintroll family and their friends in...

Scattered across the globe are museums dedicated to every conceivable subject, from currywurst to broken relationships and pencils to bad art. In our latest feature on some of the world's most quirky museums, we look at the Dog Collar Museum which, in their own words...

A Museum showcasing art so bad, it's good It can sometimes seem that every city in the world has at least one museum dedicated to great art. But it's only Somerville, Massachusetts that can boast a museum that celebrates bad art. Baby...

If the word 'museum' conjures up the image of hushed and dimly lit galleries with dusty exhibits - then think again. We have travelled the globe (digitally) to find some of the most quirky museums - museums that are tributes to weird and...

Art historian and blogger Nigel Ip reviews the Ashmolean Museum's exhibition catalogue, Raphael: The Drawings and is impressed by how the book's accessible approach, detailed descriptions and beautiful reproductions allow readers to enjoy the ingenuity of Raphael in all its delicate...

After reading the engaging and well written book, World of Malls, art history student, Matt Page argues that malls are far more than simply places of consumption.

Art historian student, Matthew Page reviews the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition catalogue, Design for Eternity: Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas and finds it an intriguing read, but is left wanting to know more. When we think of architectural models...

In our latest blog post, History of Art student and Museum Bookstore friend, Matt Page reviews Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture and finds the book a persuasive case for architecture beyond modernism. By the middle of the twentieth century, some...

In our rush to dive into a new book, it's easy to break the spine of the book by opening your book down the centre.  If you want to ensure that your new hardcover exhibition catalogue remains in good condition, here's a quick...

In this blog, we explore the artistry involved in the design of exhibition catalogues - all those details that make catalogues such beautiful and desirable objects. The book designer rarely gets credited but plays a powerful role in our enjoyment of exhibition...