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BY EUROPEANA
04.04.2016
The Latvian “nightingale” Elfrīda Pakule
Historical sound recordings are treasures that, since the end of 19 th century, inform us about musical life, about performers and about musical interpretation. We would like to tell you about one...
BY Culture24
01.04.2016
The work of a genius: Dulwich Picture Gallery to hold exhibition on artist Winifred Knights
Dulwich Picture Gallery is at it again - this time uncovering the genius that was painter Winifred Knights Winifred Knights, Self-portrait, 1920, Pencil on tracing paper © Trustees of the British...
BY Culture24
30.03.2016
Object of the Week: One of the oldest female neanderthal skulls in Britain - blood vessel folds still visible
The left and central sections of this skull were found by a local doctor in Swanscombe, Kent in 1935 and 1936. The right was discovered by archaeologists 20 years later © Trustees of the Natural...
BY Culture24
31.03.2016
Daughter of World War Two RAF hero who fled SS in Norway creates exhibition in his honour
Nicknamed Olly, a Norwegian man left his family without telling them and fled the SS to help the RAF during the Second World War. Now his story is being told in Scotland for the first time Bodil...
Museums
12.03.2018
Ready to celebrate International Museum Day 2018?
Among the celebrations to welcome the seasonal change during the month of May is International Museum Day – a highly anticipated event for the global museum community. Around 18 May, excitement will...
BY Culture24
29.03.2016
"Being Viking is a way of life": Images released of most important Viking hoard in Scotland for more than 100 years
More than ten centuries after it was buried in a field, CT scans have allowed archaeologists to release images of a hoard of 9th and 10th century treasures discovered in Galloway. Stuart Campbell,...
BY Culture24
07.04.2016
"Supermodel" mirrors and body-bracing iron Tudor corsets: Shaping the Body exhibition goes beyond bum implants
Corsets made of iron and mock-up kitchens are part of a display predating the age of sophisticated surgery in York A mid-Victorian corset (1860-75) has a waist of 35 inches. A Waspie (1890-1900)...
BY Culture24
24.03.2016
An extraordinary world: The story of London's newly rehomed Museum of Brands and Packaging
Now in its impressive new Notting Hill home, the Museum of Brands and Packaging officially opens its Time Tunnel this weekend. Founder Robert Opie tells us about the story so far © Julian Hanford "I...
BY Culture24
24.03.2016
Flight
Scotland's National Museum of Flight reopens in time for the Easter weekend. Here are some of the spectacular exhibits to expect © Neil Hanna Aircraft and objects from one of the most varied...
BY Culture24
25.03.2016
Archaeologists say 4th century pottery piece is rare symbol of Christianity in Roman Britain
A 4th century piece of Christian symbolism from Roman London has gone on public display for the first time since its 1970 discovery © Adam Corsini / Museum of London A 4th century pottery piece...
BY Culture24
30.03.2016
A plaque has been unveiled in Leicestershire honouring the horse which won the 1914 Grand National
A plaque has been unveiled in Leicestershire for the horse which defied outsider odds to win the Grand National more than a century ago © Courtesy LCC A plaque honouring Sunloch, the horse which won...
BY Culture24
06.04.2016
What's your favourite tractor? From the South Pole to Bollywood, Coventry celebrates mud and glory
Not every museum has room for a tractor. Coventry Transport Museum will welcome dozens this summer, including one which made it all the way to the South Pole © Courtesy Coventry Transport Museum...
BY Culture24
08.04.2016
Industrial Revolution and the Great War to the Beatles and One Direction: Inside the Museum of Brands
The Museum of Brands and Packaging is perhaps the most comprehensive collection on Britain's social history. Founder Robert Opie tours the collection's new home © Julian Hanford Time Tunnel “The...
BY Culture24
22.03.2016
Lost medieval castle found on industrial Glasgow site is "most significant archaeological discovery in a generation"
A lost medieval castle has been found beneath a site heavily used during the Industrial Revolution and beyond © GUARD Archaeology Archaeologists say the re-emergence of a 12th century fortified...
BY Culture24
22.03.2016
Immersive 3D digital grave reconstruction marks one year since Richard III re-interment
A new piece of 3D kit allows us to see the skeleton and grave of Richard III in dramatic detail The interactive digital model of Richard III in his grave can be explored via the 3D sharing platform...
BY Culture24
18.03.2016
Dozens of Iron Age skeletons found at prehistoric Yorkshire settlement could reveal burial rituals 2,500 years ago
Archaeologists expect tests on a set of 75 square barrow graves from the Arras culture of Iron Age Yorkshire to reveal more about life 2,500 years ago © MAP Archeology A young warrior buried with...
BY Culture24
09.05.2016
Hidden histories of a million wartime women: WVS records to go online
The Royal Voluntary Service is to digitise a new collection of records showing the vital work of the Women's Voluntary Service on the home front in World War Two Almost 30,000 pages of...
BY EUROPEANA
17.03.2016
Seeing is believing: the trick of the trompe l’oeil in art
Battle of Livorno, 14 March 1653, an incident from the First Anglo-Dutch War, anonymous. Rijksmuseum , public domain. At first, the painting above looks like many you’ve seen before. A...
BY Culture24
17.03.2016
"It looked pretty normal at first": Young archaeologist recalls finding 11,000-year-old pendant at Star Carr
The archaeologist who found the possibly shamanic pendant at Star Carr last month initially thought it was an ordinary stone © Suzy Harrison The student osteoarchaeologist who dug up an...
BY Culture24
16.03.2016
