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BY Culture24
07.09.2015
Thieving monks and cathedral tombs: Rediscovered cast skull of "father of English history" could solve medieval burial mystery
Cast skull discovery could answer questions about missing Venerable Bead's bones and celebration of medieval cult Front view of the cast of the skull of Bede, numbered 580 © J Story A Leicester...
BY Culture24
03.09.2015
RAF Eurofighter Typhoon to join Spitfire for Battle of Britain Anniversary flypast at IWM Duxford
Separated by 70 years, the RAF's frontline fighter aircraft of WWII and its hi-tech modern day equivalent will fly together for the Battle of Britain 75th anniversary The Spitfire and Typhoon fly...
BY Culture24
03.09.2015
Ceramic artist Lawrence Epps tempts art lovers with art slot machine called AGAIN
Public invited to take a gamble on new ceramic artwork during an afternoon at Firstsite Lawrence Epps, Coin Machine © Lawrence Epps Ceramic artist Lawrence Epps is used to giving his art away. His...
BY Culture24
01.09.2015
Archaeologists find Stone Age campsite where hunters fished and foraged on Teesside
Stone Age hunter camp in County Durham could be earliest site ever excavated in North Pennines Volunteers have found the remains of a Stone Age campsite in Upper Teesside © Stephen Eastmead /...
BY EUROPEANA
31.08.2015
Recording and playing machines through time: a virtual exhibition
Today another guest post by Emilie Vaisman from National Library of France about the latest virtual exhibition created in cooperation with Europeana. The text first appeared on Europeana Sounds...
BY Culture24
31.08.2015
Archaeologists work with public health team at Chester site mentioned in Domesday Book
Evidence from Norman Conquest or Roman artefacts could be discovered at site mentioned in Domesday Book © Big Heritage Archaeologists and residents of Blacon, a suburb of Chester, have begun...
Technical Museum Nikola Tesla
28.08.2015
PROMJENA IMENA
Tehnički muzej mijenja ime u Tehnički muzej „Nikola Tesla“ Na prijedlog gradonačelnika Grada Zagreba, a odlukom Skupštine Grada naš novi naziv je Tehnički muzej "Nikola...
Technical Museum Nikola Tesla
28.08.2015
MUZEJSKI TRAMVAJ IZVAN PROMETA
Poštovani posjetitelji, Našim muzejskim tramvajem možete obići grad još ove nedjelje 28. lipnja 2015 . Preko ljeta tramvaj neće prometovati, a prva vožnja u jesenskom...
BY Culture24
29.08.2015
Tracey Emin's love, Polly Morgan's birds and Jeremy Deller's yachts: Five artworks for under £1,000 at the Art Car Boot Fair
Famous for offering the chance to buy works from high-profile artists in person, the Art Car Boot Fair also takes place in Margate this year. Here are five works for under £1,000 © Tracey Emin...
BY Culture24
01.09.2015
"Presumably someone just panicked": Hertford Museum to rebury bones retrieved by police
Curators in Hertford given bones by police after discovery in plastic bag under library road © Hertfordshire Constabulary The beginning of August’s final week was an enlightening one for curators at...
BY Culture24
27.08.2015
The vault beneath the UK's largest salt mine where thousands of earth cores from prehistoric London are stored
35 million years of London's geology is preserved 150 metres underground in a Cheshire salt mine DeepStore's mine, in Cheshire, used to only be accessible via 150 metre deep shafts. Nowadays the...
BY Culture24
27.08.2015
Mourning rings honouring post-medieval dead, emblazoned with skulls and crosses, declared archaeological treasure in Wales
Post-medieval mourning revealed in skulls and inscriptions on three rings found by archaeologists © National Museum Wales This early post-medieval ring is emblazoned with death’s stylized skull on...
BY Culture24
26.08.2015
Student palaeontologist stumbles upon missing fossil foot of 'Welsh Dragon' dinosaur
Student dinosaur hunter finds missing foot of newly discovered 'Welsh Dragon' dinosaur on his first fossil outing A close up of the fossilised dinosaur foot found by Sam Davies © Amgueddfa Cymru A...
BY Culture24
26.08.2015
Object of the Week: Maude, the pride of Manchester and the first museum tigon for 100 years
Object of the Week: This week we bring you a once beautiful and unusual creature, delicately restored for newfound admiration by a taxidermist © P Leggett Maude was the most famous animal in Belle...
BY Culture24
25.08.2015
"It may be on sale on eBay": Museum appeals to Manchester public to help find "knight in shining armour"
Greater Manchester Transport Museum wants public to be "eyes and ears" in search for stolen silver miniature The knight's head reappeared 45 years after its bus was saved © Courtesy GMTM A museum is...
BY Culture24
26.08.2015
Archaeologists go in search of 1,500 year-old axe-wielding Rhynie Man
Stone of Rhynie Man who carried out animal sacrifices could have been created for royal ceremonies The Rhynie Man carries an axe on his shoulder © University of Aberdeen Aberdeenshire’s axe-wielding...
BY EUROPEANA
24.08.2015
Here be dragons
Dragons have played the role of bad guy in many a Western folk story or legend. They’ve been part of our literature and folklore as far back as we can remember (there’s one in Beowulf), and are...
BY Culture24
24.08.2015
Mexican artist's 25-ton cast bronze sculpture of two thumbs arrives on Trafalgar Square
Mexican artist Rivelino's sculpture arrives on King Charles Island in Trafalgar Square as part of Dual Year of UK and Mexico 2015 © Eduardo Landa You, a monumental sculpture by the Mexican artist...
BY Culture24
24.08.2015
Décapitation perfume inspired by Catherine Howard indiscretions aims to turn museum visitors into "virile Tudor males"
York curators advise public not to enter into "illicit affairs" if powerful Tudor perfume takes effect A new perfurme is based on the smells which made men lose their heads in 16th century York ©...
BY Culture24
21.08.2015
