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BY Culture24
25.06.2015
Archaeologists find Bronze Age food at prehistoric settlement "comparable to the Mary Rose"
Archaeologists say Bronze Age residents may have abandoned site after fire, compare discoveries to Mary Rose Archaeologists found food from between 800-1000 BC in a set of pots, textiles and other...
BY Culture24
25.06.2015
Marketing that broke the mould: General Post Office puts vintage posters up for sale
Vintage posters to raise money for a new museum of postal stories, records and objects, could open old Post Office Underground Railway to the public Poster of Central Australia from the Outposts of...
BY EUROPEANA
24.06.2015
St. John’s Dance – why can’t they stop dancing?
Today, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholics and Anglicans celebrate the birth of St. John the Baptist. But have you heard about St. John’s Dance? In 1374, on the streets of Aachen, Germany,...
BY Culture24
24.06.2015
"An untouched archaeological treasure chest": Excavations to begin at vale ten times size of Stonehenge
Excavations could be new chapter in the story of Stonehenge, say experts The Vale of Pewsey, viewed from the east end of Etchilhampton Hill © Nigel Cox, geograph.org.uk One of the oldest houses in...
BY Culture24
24.06.2015
Object of the Week: Wallis Simpson's nightdress at the Allhallows Museum of Lace in Honiton
Discovering museum collections the length and breadth of Britain, we bring you Culture24's first Museum Object of the Week: The full-length gown and capalet of Wallis Simpson This scarlet chiffon...
BY Culture24
25.06.2015
Curator's Choice: A strapless dress, a shark off the Cumbria coast and a beer barrel
Jill Goodfellow picks eight objects from the What's in Store exhibition at Tullie House in Carlisle Jean Allen, Strapless Evening Dress (circa late 1950s) © Tullie House Museum This dress was made...
BY Culture24
25.06.2015
Heritage Lottery Fund awards £1.7 million to two projects highlighting history of disability in the UK
A digital archive documenting the Disability Arts Movement and an investigation into eight important disability heritage sites are given vital funds by the National Lottery A mural of Edward Rushton...
BY Culture24
29.06.2015
Curator's Choice: Magnum Photos at the National Civil War Centre
Manager Michael Constantine on the Magnum Photos exhibition at the National Civil War Centre in Newark Kaesong (1952). International press photographers covering the Korean War in a media scrum ©...
BY Culture24
23.06.2015
The British Museum's Rothschild Renaissance: A grand collection from across the centuries
Exhibition Review: The Waddesdon Bequest: A Rothschild Renaissance, British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum The Waddesdon Bequest is as challenging as it is intriguing. A grand...
BY Culture24
23.06.2015
From New York to Jingdezhen: The evolution of Chinese ceramics across the globe
Jared Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Fine Arts on the febrile Chinese ceramic art scene ahead of Masterpiece London Art Fair 2015 Mansheng Wang, Snowing Night, 2007 © Fitzgerald Fine Arts The manner and...
BY Culture24
24.06.2015
Lost JM Barrie play kickstarts final fundraiser for Scottish Children's Literature and Storytelling Centre
"Lost" first play of Peter Pan author to front campaign for new national storytelling centre's final push for £1.5m JM Barrie with pupils at Dumfries Academy © Courtesy of Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust...
BY Culture24
24.06.2015
James V's lost tapestries restored after largest UK weaving project in 100 years is completed
Seven tapestries crown the restoration of James V's palace in Stirling following a series of renovations 'The Mystic Hunt of the Unicorn' © Courtesy of Historic Scotland A 14-year project to...
BY Culture24
22.06.2015
Scything festival at the Wimpole Estate plans to be cut above the rest
West County Scything Champion, Simon Damant, due to judge scything competition at Wimpole Estate Scything at the Folly at Wimpole © Simon Damant The National Trust’s Wimpole Estate near Cambridge is...
BY Culture24
22.06.2015
RAF Museum Cosford takes delivery of VC10 serial number XR808
RAF Museum Cosford has taken delivery of a VC10 Transport plane after a long, final journey by flat bed trailer to the Shropshire attraction The VC10 arrives at Cosford © Iain Duncan After a tricky...
BY Culture24
19.06.2015
Art meets industry as David Nash sculpture launches art season at Coalbrookdale
A sculpture by David Nash marks the launch of a contemporary arts programme exploring the impact and legacy of the Industrial Revolution at Coalbrookdale David Nash beside his latest work ©...
BY Culture24
24.06.2015
Richard Dadd: Art, psychosis and the Victorian asylum at Watts Gallery
Watts Gallery is exploring the art of Richard Dadd, the Victorian painter whose life was eclipsed by psychotic illness, murder and the asylum Richard Dadd, Self Portrait (1841). Etching © Bethlem...
BY Culture24
29.06.2015
Knives, pits, bells and stones: The Yorkshire Dales discoveries telling Anglo-Saxon stories
Surprising array of objects discovered on edge of Dales point to ancient settlements, craftspeople and cattle This iron socket, with a flange on one side riveted to the socket, was found by...
BY EUROPEANA
18.06.2015
Treating the wounded of Waterloo – Sir Charles Bell and his art from the battlefields
On Sunday June 18 1815, the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated during the Battle of Waterloo. Caving to a coalition of mainly British, Dutch and Prussian armies under the command of...
BY Culture24
18.06.2015
Mirrors, vitrines and steel: Reflections on Jeff Koons retrospective at Guggenheim Bilbao
Exhibition: Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, until September 27 2015 Jeff Koons, Puppy (1992), Guggenheim Bilbao © Jeff Koons US artist Jeff Koons has staying power, innuendo...
BY Culture24
18.06.2015
