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National Gallery launches membership scheme
This is the third in a hat trick of recent changes intended to place public engagement at the heart of the gallery’s operations
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The Wallace Collection’s Great Gallery
The nuances of the new hang might be lost on the non-specialist, but overall the Wallace Collection’s refurbished gallery is magnificent
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First Look: ‘Assyria to Iberia’ at the Metropolitan Museum
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