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BY Culture24
27.01.2015
Exhibition Review: Winston Churchill's Scientists at the Science Museum
Review: Radio telescope salvaged from gunships and intriguing characters in Science Museum show on 50th anniversary of Churchill’s death Click on the picture to launch [View at source]...
Museums
26.01.2015
Daily art story: Rembrandt - the master of self-portraits
Self-portraits have been made by artists since the earliest times, but it wasn't until the Renaissance that they became truly popular. Rembrandt was the most frequent self-portraitist, at least...
BY Culture24
26.01.2015
The Forth Bridge Raid: First Luftwaffe bombing raid of World War Two remembered at Queensferry Museum
The Forth Bridge Raid, the first aerial engagement in the skies over Britain during World War Two, is remembered at Queensferry Museum Aerial shot of Forth Bridge Raid © Queensferry Museum The Forth...
Museums
26.01.2015
Daily art story: Henri Rousseau - the jungle loving customs officer
“We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in the modern style.” said Henri Rousseau to Pablo Picasso. Henri Rousseau, who spent most of his life...
BY Culture24
23.01.2015
Holocaust Memorial Day 2015: Events in UK museums and galleries
Officially taking place on Tuesday, this year's Holocaust Memorial Day has a theme of Keep the Memory Alive. Here are some of the events to look out for during the rest of the month The family of...
BY Culture24
22.01.2015
The UK's oldest surviving yacht prepares to emerge from its subterranean home
A precious yacht which lain undiscovered for over a century is about to be restored by Manx National Heritage Peggy, the earliest example of a British yacht, and the only surviving example of a...
BY Culture24
22.01.2015
British Library publishes vast audio archive of Holocaust testimonies for Holocaust Memorial Day
One of the biggest collections of recordings made by Holocaust Survivors in Britain is being made available online by the British Library Young children after being bathed and reclothed after the...
BY Culture24
21.01.2015
Lady Gaga ARTPOP shredded bin bags dress goes on public display in Women Fashion Power show
Princess Charlene of Monaco and Vivienne Westwood also loan dresses to new Design Museum exhibition © Design Museum A dress made from shredded bin bags, worn by Lady Gaga for a TV promo of her...
BY Culture24
22.01.2015
Van Dyck takes a seaside holiday in Margate as self portrait heads out on exhaustive UK tour
Sir Antony Van Dyck is limbering up for his UK tour with a spell by the seaside at Turner Contemporary Sir Anthony van Dyck, Self portrait (1640-1) © National Portrait Gallery, London They say the...
BY Culture24
21.01.2015
The story of the 17th century Scottish hospital at the centre of a £3 million rescue bid
Trust campaigns to save 17th century almshouse and home of Scotland's second-oldest charity Cowane's Hospital, in Stirling, has been helping people for more than 400 years © Janie Meikle Bland,...
BY Culture24
20.01.2015
Luxurious hat given to Henry VIII's Wardrobe Clerk to go on display at Hampton Court Palace
Hat which could have been Henry VIII's heads to Hampton Court Palace A hat with links to Henry VIII will become one of Historic Royal Palace's most prestigious pieces, having been owned by a Clerk...
BY Culture24
20.01.2015
When is an auction not an auction? Raising money for not-for-profit art fair Sluice
Biannual art fair for emerging art teams up with Paddle8 to raise funds for its third iteration in London this year Caroline Walker, Fruit Bowl (2013) © Caroline Walker The notion of a...
BY Culture24
19.01.2015
So good it's happening twice: Museums at Night 2015 to take place in May and October
Festival extends to six nights, returning public vote to send six artists to competition winners Grayson Perry at the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens in 2014. The artist was part of the Museums at...
BY Culture24
16.01.2015
Archaeologists find soldiers' kitchen and prehistoric remains at Hampshire farmstead
2,000 years of history could be revealed at site where German soldiers who fought for British once cooked Excavations at Barton Farm, in Hampshire, are expected to last up to 16 weeks © Courtesy...
BY Culture24
20.01.2015
Scientists recreate jaws of Dapedium to show how fish crushed creatures off Dorset coast 200 million years ago
Fish preyed on hard-shelled creatures off Jurassic Dorset, say scientists recreating jaw movements A perfectly preserved example of the Lower Jurassic fish Dapedium from Lyme Regis, Dorset © Fiann...
BY Culture24
19.01.2015
Archaeology from Bronze Age Stonehenge country helps experts building huge record of prehistoric objects
Daggers, pins and more from Bronze Age Wiltshire to be recreated in project based on centuries of archaeology Click on the picture to launch the gallery [View at source] ...
BY Culture24
17.01.2015
SAVE campaign celebrates as demolition of terraces around Ringo Starr's birthplace is vetoed
"Welsh Streets" terraces that surround Ringo Starr's Liverpool birthplace to be saved from demolition Ringo's House, 9 Madryn Street, Liverpool © Rept0n1x, Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia...
BY Culture24
19.01.2015
Bullet that killed Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalagar to go on display at Chatham
Bullet which killed Nelson heading to Chatham 250 years after launch of HMS Victory The single lead shot or bullet (musket ball) which killed Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 ©...
BY EUROPEANA
15.01.2015
Explore our new Pinterest boards
Over the past few months, we have created a couple of exciting new Pinterest boards . The boards highlight some of the beautiful content that can be found via Europeana. The Pinterest boards...
BY Culture24
16.01.2015
