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Museums
13.10.2015
Top museums: Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires
Today, we’re travelling to Buenos Aires. MALBA, Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires should be at the top of the list for art lovers visiting Argentina’s capital. It’s also...
BY Culture24
13.10.2015
Released gamekeeper's pigs lead archaeologists to earliest human activity in Scotland
Released pigs and volcanic ash help identify one of Scotland’s best-preserved Mesolithic sites Dr Karen Wicks, who led a set of excavations which found Ice Age tools in Scotland, with some of the...
BY Culture24
13.10.2015
Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2015: Ten of the best events and exhibitions
Frieze Art Fair and Frieze Masters return to London with hundreds of galleries offering thousands of exhibits and events this week. Where to start? Here are ten Samara Scott, Harvest (2015)....
BY Culture24
12.10.2015
"His memory lives on": Archaeologists excavate World War II pilot's Spitfire after 75 years
Archaeologists say the memory of World War Two pilot Harold Penketh lives on following the excavation of his plane Archaeologists found the propeller of Harold Penketh's Spitfire on the fifth day of...
BY Culture24
12.10.2015
In search of the Holigost: Could archaeologists be about to rediscover Henry V's warship?
More than 40 years after Henry V’s Grace Dieu was found, sister ship the Holigost could be about to surface in a Hampshire medieval breaker’s yard Henry V's Holigost may be submerged in Hampshire ©...
BY Culture24
12.10.2015
Cache of unseen World War Two artworks acquired by National Maritime Museum
A series of tender sketches made by Red Cross nurse Rosemary Rutherford during World War Two have been acquired by the National Maritime Museum Rosemary Rutherford, Operating Theatre (1943-4) ©...
BY Culture24
09.10.2015
How a museum visit lead the Tonga national team to victory in The Rugby World Cup
Success for Tonga National Rugby team on the "biggest stage of them all" was inspired by a visit to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter Culture was presented to the team by speech © RAMM...
BY Culture24
09.10.2015
Max volume: Curator Ellen Blumenstein puts rock'n'roll centre stage at KW Institute Berlin
Exhibition: Welcome to the Jungle, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, until November 15 2015 While it can seem at home that every week is art week in Berlin, the official event by that name...
BY Culture24
09.10.2015
Terry Frost's escapist, exuberant creations at Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange
Ben Miller visits Newlyn Gallery and the Exchange in search of Terry Frost Terry Frost, Three Forms (1960) Oil on Canvas © Photo Ben Miller Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange curators have been...
BY Culture24
12.10.2015
Families take to museums around Britain on the lookout for Harry Potter
Fans of Harry Potter are scouring museums for clues as part of the Harry Potter Spotter Trail in celebration of the first ever illustrated copy of The Philosopher’s Stone The famous Harry Potter...
BY Culture24
07.10.2015
Hoard of Viking silver found at castle in 1950 to go on public display at Chester bank
Hundreds of Viking coins found by workmen at castle 65 years ago to go on public display at city bank © Courtesy Chester Unlocked In November 1950, workmen digging near Chester Castle found a small...
BY Culture24
08.10.2015
National Trust unveils Ode to the Coast poem by punk poet Dr John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke polishes off public poem in praise of sea for National Trust coast campaign Punk poet Dr John Cooper Clarke © National Trust A new poem celebrating 50 years of the National...
BY Culture24
30.10.2015
Win a pair of tickets to see cricket legends Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter's new show in Worthing
Win tickets to see cherished cricket commentators Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter in Worthing © Steve Ullathorne Bastions of the beloved Test Match Special with more than 80 years in the commentary...
BY Culture24
06.10.2015
From Lewes to Fife, the bowls pavilions which hold sporting heritage in architectural gems
Bowls is one of Britain’s oldest and most loved sports, still played in more than 7,200 clubs across the country. Now expert bowler and sports historian Hugh Hornby has compiled Bowled Over - the...
BY Culture24
06.10.2015
Hunter-gatherer community could have drilled burnt bone found on Scotland's Isle of Skye
Flints from first groups of people to have arrived in post-Ice Age Scotland found near Mesolithic building A section of bone from hunter-gatherer times has been found at Corran, Staffin © University...
BY Culture24
05.10.2015
Search for World War Two Spitfire, crashed by pilot during routine flight in 1940, begins in Cambridgeshire
Archaeologists launch excavation to find World War Two Spitfire crashed in Cambridgeshire in 1940 Archaeologists getting down to the layer of clay beneath the peat on the first day of digging at...
BY EUROPEANA
02.10.2015
GIF IT UP 2015
GIF IT UP is a challenge aiming to find the best GIFs created from copyright-free heritage material. The competition organised by DPLA and DigitalNZ aims to encourage all GIF-makers,...
BY Culture24
02.10.2015
Win tickets to Musicport Festival in North Yorkshire
See (and hear) Terry Hall, Afrikan Boy, Attila the Stockbroker and more by winning tickets to Musicport Stomping style-fusers Dub Colossus are heading to North Yorkshire - and you could be there too...
BY Culture24
12.10.2015
Win a copy of new book The Crime Museum Uncovered
We've got copies of compelling new book The Crime Museum Uncovered to give away. Win one here © Courtesy I B Tauris Created in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Service and the Mayor’s Office...
Ptuj Ormož Regional Museum
01.10.2015
