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BY Culture24
26.02.2015
Maggots, mortuaries, bullets and Jack the Ripper: Wellcome Collection opens Forensics exhibition
The Wellcome Collection's murderous new exhibition concludes a multimillion pound development in dark and unflinching style Click on the picture to launch [View at source] ...
BY Culture24
26.02.2015
Archaeologists compare site to Pompeii after finding Bodica tombstone in Cirencester
Archaeologists roll tombstone of British woman into hole next to grave before transporting amazing find by crane © Cotswold Archaeology Near the end of a two-month dig on Tetbury Road, in the...
BY Culture24
25.02.2015
Book that helped Henry VIII annul his marriage and challenge the Pope discovered in Cornwall
A book that helped Henry VIII take on the Pope and annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon has been discovered in a library in Cornwall The book showing inventory number 282 and Gamon's signature...
BY Culture24
27.02.2015
Manchester Museum to reveal more secrets of the Easter Island statues
A Manchester Museum exhibition is about to reveal more secrets of the stone statues of Easter Island The Maoi Heads of Easter Island © Adam Stanford Ever since the Dutch visited the Pacific island...
BY EUROPEANA
24.02.2015
Photography on a Silver Plate
In our latest virtual exhibition ‘Photography on a Silver Plate’ on Google Cultural Institute we show the faces, places and histories of the nineteenth century and look at the revolution...
BY Culture24
26.02.2015
Great Expectations: Adam Chodzko sends artworks to B&Q, a pumping station and the Guildhall in Kent
An ancient treasure chest of exhibits on a journey through space and a shelf in a Kent B&Q are two tools of artist's new work in Kent Click on the picture to launch [View at...
Museums
23.02.2015
Daily art story: Timeless designs of William Morris
“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." -- William Morris William Morris...
BY Culture24
25.02.2015
New memorial wall will remember 736 men lost with Lord Kitchener on HMS Hampshire in 1916
A fitting memorial to remember all of the 736 men lost with Field Marshall Lord Kitchener is planned at the Kitchener Memorial on Orkney The Kitchener Memorial, a 48-feet high stone tower, was...
BY Culture24
23.02.2015
Archaeologists find layout of hidden medieval town beneath car park site in Dudley
Hidden medieval town layout found metres beneath site of proposed new car park in Dudley Archaeologist Dr George Nash from consultants SLR and Councillor Khurshid Ahmed, cabinet member for...
Museums
19.02.2015
Daily art story: Pablo Picasso – the artist with the longest name
"When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you become a monk you'll end up as the pope,'" he later recalled. "Instead, I became a painter and wound...
BY Culture24
19.02.2015
Major BBC campaign launches to encourage the UK to Get Creative
The BBC has launched a major campaign to challenge people to get creative Radio1 DJ Nick Grimshaw VanGosHimself for the launch of BBC's Get Creative A BBC-backed campaign to get the nation involved...
BY Culture24
18.02.2015
The story behind the 19th century Death Mask of Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte's death mask, taken from the tropical island the leader was banished to Cast of the Death Mask of Napoleon (1830s). Plaster of Paris © The Trustees of the British Museum There are...
BY Culture24
18.02.2015
What did Robert Burns look like? Burns Birthplace Museum on the many faces of The Bard
The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum takes a look at the various interpretations of Robert Burns' appearance - from his lifetime to the present Forensically reconstructed head of Robert Burns Facial...
BY Culture24
18.02.2015
New species of extinct British marine reptile emerges from Doncaster Museum storeroom
A new type of ichthyosaur marine reptile - alive during the time of the dinosaurs - has been identified from a fossil Ichthysosaurus anningae © Artwork by James McKay It had been in the collections...
BY Culture24
19.02.2015
Desert tribes lived in sophisticated villages and were skilled metalworkers, says archaeologist
Saharan desert people formed permanent settlements and had trade links with Mediterranean, says archaeologist A ground shot of a Garamantian fortified site © Trans-SAHARA project An ancient Saharan...
Museums
17.02.2015
Daily art story: Louis Wain - The Man Who Drew Cats
It's World Cat Day and as you might have already noticed - we love cats! We're dedicating this daily story to Louis Wain , an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured...
BY Culture24
17.02.2015
World's most dangerous toy goes on display at Ulster Museum
Only available between 1951 and 1952, the ‘Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab’ was the most elaborate atomic energy educational set ever produced Dr Mike Simms with the Atomic Energy Lab science set Most...
BY Culture24
17.02.2015
William Scott's Celtic-tinged Breton Landscape goes home to his birthplace in Greenock
A Celtic-influenced Breton landscape by William Scott goes 'home' courtesy of the artist's sons William Scott, CBE, RA (1913-1989) [Breton Landscape], 1938 or 1939 Oil on canvas © Estate of William...
BY Culture24
17.02.2015
Notorious criminal Charles Bronson's Salvador Dali-inspired prison artworks to go on sale after discovery in gallery drawer
Works made by life sentence-serving Charles Bronson show admiration for Salvador Dali Click on the picture to see a selection of works [View at source] ...
BY Culture24
17.02.2015
