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BY Culture24
18.06.2015
Award-winning Maryport Roman Temples Project begins its final dig at Hadrian's Wall
This will be the final year of a five-year project which has done much to deepen understanding of “one of the most important Roman cult complexes” at Hadrian's Wall
BY Culture24
18.06.2015
£4.89million grant helps the Royal Air Force Museum's centenary plans take off
The RAF Museum, London has plans for an extensive programme of activities and events to mark its centenary Aircraft in the Milestones of Flight exhibition at the Royal Air Force Museum © Les...
BY Culture24
19.06.2015
Stonehenge sun-disc from the dawn of history goes on display in Wiltshire for summer solstice
Wiltshire Museum will exhibit a gold 'Stonehenge sun-disc', which may have been worn on clothing or a head-dress The gold sun-disc dates from the time of Stonehenge © Wiltshire Museum Marking this...
BY Culture24
17.06.2015
Five Florists, Five Designs: Celebrating British Flowers Week with the Garden Museum
The Garden Museum is joining with British Flowers Week (15 – 19 June at New Covent Garden Flower Market) to highlight the work of five floral artist’s for a special event offering insights into...
BY Culture24
17.06.2015
New Waterloo Dispatch recreates the message heralding half a century of peace in Europe
Reenactors representing Major Percy and Commander James White will travel across the South East by carriage to present the New Waterloo Dispatch to the Princess Royal The case that carried the...
BY Culture24
18.06.2015
From Chandigarh to Chichester: The Rock Garden Sculptures of Nek Chand
Simon Martin of Pallant House Gallery on the genius of Indian outsider artist Nek Chand, who passed away last week, as an exhibition of his work opens at the Chichester gallery Nek Chand, The Rock...
BY Culture24
16.06.2015
Exhibition of rarely seen photographs to provide clues about the mysterious life of Agatha Christie
Exhibition of rarely seen photographs promises new insights into the life of Agatha Christie at Bankside Gallery, London Agatha Christie Unfinished Portrait © Agatha Christie Limited Presenting...
BY Culture24
15.06.2015
Surveillance and cyberbullying: The British Library's Magna Carta for a Digital Age
The British Library's 'Magna Carta for the web' highlights concerns over government surveillance and cyber-bullying Part of the My Digital Rights learning resource from the British Library © British...
BY Culture24
16.06.2015
Mary Wollstonecraft helps People's History Museum with crowdfunding appeal
National museum of democracy's new crowdfunding initiative commemorates the legacy of the influential proto-feminist thinker Mary Wollstonecraft by Stewy, taken from the original life size stencil...
BY Culture24
16.06.2015
Ten of the best Ancient Egyptian treasures from the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology is celebrating 100 years since first opening its doors at UCL with a series of events and a special exhibition. Here's ten of their best treasures from the...
BY Culture24
12.06.2015
Alice in Wonderland to Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Children's Art Week 2015 highlights
Fourteen highlights across the country for Children's Art Week 2015 © Beth Moseley The Big Wild Rumpus, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, June 13 A mass reading of Maurice Sendak’s classic, Where...
BY Culture24
12.06.2015
Win a copy of Stratego: The new Battle of Waterloo Strategy board game
Competition: Win a copy of Stratego the new Waterloo strategy board game To commemorate 200th Anniversary of The Battle of Waterloo on Thursday June 18, we’ve teamed up with Jumbo Games to offer one...
BY Culture24
12.06.2015
Science Museum lines up new exhibition of Julia Margaret Cameron portraits
Science Museum exhibition will provide insight into the life of Julia Margaret Cameron Julia Margaret Cameron, "Sadness", the actress Ellen Terry at the age of 16 © Wikimedia Commons A new...
BY Culture24
15.06.2015
Bow Arts moves into News International warehouse in heart of East London
Bow Arts at former News International base aims to create new artistic community in the heart of East London Bow Arts' CEO Marcel Baettig alongside Sir Nicholas Serota, Munira Mirza and other VIPs...
BY Culture24
15.06.2015
Solving a Dark Age mystery: 7th century Christians, Pagans and the search for the Battle of Hatfield
Paul Jameson, of the Battle of Hatfield Investigation Society, on the bid to tell the story of England’s first Christian king and early Pagan rituals Historians believe the reconstructed helmet,...
BY Culture24
23.06.2015
"Very rare" examples of "huge wealth": Chatteris Museum's Bronze Age shield and rapier
Co-curator Ian Mason on plans for prehistoric splendour at the Chatteris Museum in Cambridgeshire A replica bronze shield and spear head created for new exhibition The Ancient Human Occupation of...
BY EUROPEANA
11.06.2015
Doodling with a desperate sub-text
Europeana isn’t all ancient art and trench warfare. There’s modern stuff in the collections too. But because it’s recent, a lot of it is still in copyright, which means it...
BY Culture24
11.06.2015
Archaeologists say Lady Jane Grey birthplace is "as good as it gets" as six-week dig begins
Archaeologists descend on site where likely prehistoric remains surfaced in preliminary surveys Archaeologists begin their work in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire © University of Leicester...
BY Culture24
17.06.2015
Scots had expensive taste for "novelty" curry in Victorian times, newspaper reveals
Female members of wealthy families recorded favourite dishes and advice in ancient books, say curators Scotland's first ever recipe book © NLS Curry was a “novelty for the elite” in Scotland during...
BY Culture24
16.06.2015
