By Claire Kennard Understanding storm surges in the North Sea: Ishiguro’s electronic modelling machine By Jaume Sastre-Juan Pilgrimages to the museums of the new age: appropriating European industrial museums in New York City (1927-1937) By R G W Anderson and Sandra Bicknell Obituary: Brian Bracegirdle (1933-2015) at the Science Museum By Doug Millard Cosmonauts: Birth of an Exhibition By Jim Bennett The Science Museum and the Leonardo da Vinci Quincentenary Exhibition of 1952 By Claudio Giorgione The birth of a collection in Milan: from the Leonardo Exhibition of 1939 to the opening of the National Museum of Science and Technology in 1953 By Joanne Bartholomew Review: Cabinet of Curiosities: How disability was kept in a box By Katy Bunning, Jen Kavanagh, Kayte McSweeney and Richard Sandell Embedding plurality: exploring participatory practice in the development of a new permanent gallery By Tilly Blyth Information age? The challenges of displaying information and communication technologies By Alison Boyle and Harry Cliff Curating the collider: using place to engage museum visitors with particle physics