CraneTV offers a look inside the Yohji Yamamoto retrospective at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The exhibition honors the Japanese designer, who debut in Paris some 30 years ago.

The exhibition will remain on view through July 10, 2011.

Ask a museum professional what there favorite museum is, and chances are you might here the same answer time and time again. The Pitt Rivers. A gem of anthropological wonders in Oxford, the Pitt Rivers gives visitors the chance to discover items through a vast maze of objects. It is simply glorious.

Just recently, the museum underwent an overhaul. The result, an even more Victorian space. Excellent idea really, to pull tradition back into the scope of the experience.

A full review was published in the Telegraph, give it a gander. And don’t forget to visit the Pitt Rivers next time you are in Oxford. Follow the trip with a pint of Old Rosie.

The new BMW Museum opened in Munich back on June 21, 2008. Completing a trio of brand-focused activities (with a factory tour and the BMW Welt), the museum sets new standard for automotive museums. The assembly line display (see images after the jump) is particularly well conceived. On the design front, responsibility goes to Atelier Breucknen. (via Curated).

Maine Maritime Museum, located in Bath, has recently opened The Sea Within Us: Iconically Maritime in Fashion & Design. From 19th-century naval uniforms to the children’s apparel they have inspired, the exhibition tackles a full range of sea inspired looks. Ephemera and, of course, tattoos are also represented. Rogues Gallery is one of the sponsors. Take a trip up to Maine before April 19, 2009 to check it out. The museum is pretty special without the fashion tie in.

Known world-wide as the site of Lincoln’s assassination, Washington D.C.’s Ford’s Theater will reopen next week as part of a new museum complex. The timing is advantageous, the week marks Lincoln’s 200 birthday. Today the NYT reviews the new enterprise, which includes the nearby Peterson House. Like at Memphis’ Civil Rights Museum, the power of place will work to enhance the ideas presented.

A good exhibition isn’t just about the objects and analysis. There is a heavy degree of design savvy required to make things hum. It’s Nice That hips us to London’s Bibliotheque Design, the firm that devised the label system for the V&A’s Cold War Modern. Bibliotheque has recently updated their website, which now includes a section devoted to their portion of the project. From both a museological and design point of view, “it’s nice that” they’ve taken the time to explain their steps and rational.

A few more examples of Bibliotheque’s work for the V&A follows.