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BY Culture24
04.12.2014
Shetland Museum's highly regarded Archaeology Collection given Recognised Status
The prized archaeology collection at Shetland Museum has been granted Recognised Status by Museums Scotland An early Christian Monk Stone from the Archaeology Collection cared for by Shetland Museum...
BY Culture24
04.12.2014
Newly discovered letter reveals what really happened during the 1914 Christmas Day truce
A newly discovered letter throws more light on the Christmas truce in 1914 The Congreve letter gives a lively general's-eye-view of the Christmas truce of 1914 © Staffordshire County Council The...
BY Culture24
09.12.2014
Archaeologists in Jersey find solid gold torc hidden in Celtic coin hoard
Celtic coin hoard discovered by archaeologists in Jersey leads to gold finds including solid gold torc The Golden torc is larger than any other example ever found on Jersey © Jersey Heritage A...
Museums
29.12.2014
The most visited museums in the world
How many museums are there in the world? It’s obviously a hard question and nobody seems to have a definitive answer, but according to ICOM , the answer is at least 55.000 . And which one of...
BY Culture24
03.12.2014
Visitors glimpse Thames from 42 metres high as £1 million Tower Bridge glass floor opens to public
Visitors get first sight of Tower Bridge landscape from £1 million glass floor Click on the picture to launch [View at source] [View at source] ...
BY Culture24
03.12.2014
Scottish National Portrait Gallery bags a beautiful Raeburn portrait worth £210,000
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has bagged itself a beauty by Raeburn thanks to the Acceptance in Lieu Scheme Lady Montgomery, née Helen Graham by Sir Henry Raeburn © SNPG When eminent...
BY Culture24
02.12.2014
Wedgwood Collection to be loaned back to the Wedgwood Museum by the V&A
Just months after it was saved, the Wedgwood Collection is to be lent back to the Wedgwood Museum © Art Fund. Photo: Phil Sayer One of the most important industrial archives in the world and a...
BY Culture24
02.12.2014
Audrey Hepburn got big break here, says National Portrait Gallery ahead of new exhibition
Did you know the National Portrait Gallery had a hand in the career of Audrey Hepburn? Audrey Hepburn photographed wearing Givenchy by Norman Parkinson, 1955 © Norman Parkinson Ltd/Courtesy Norman...
BY Culture24
02.12.2014
Cornelia Parker to create huge Wikipedia-inspired replication of Magna Carta at British Library
Contentious Wikipedia entry for Magna Carta recreated by hundreds of people under direction of revered artist Cornelia Parker has directed a Magna Carta stitch-up © Courtesy British Library / Tony...
BY Culture24
01.12.2014
Skeleton from Saxon skeleton and Roman burial urn to be examined by archaeologists
Lab tests for Saxon cemetery and Roman cremation urn A Bronze Age cremation urn found at the site in Aylesham © Courtesy Aylesham Garden Village Archaeologists who found a well-preserved Saxon...
BY Culture24
19.12.2014
English Heritage and National Trust welcome Stonehenge tunnel plans
English Heritage and National Trust welcome news as Stonehenge Tunnel plan announced back on © English Heritage The guardians of the Stonehenge heritage landscape are hailing an announcement by the...
BY Culture24
01.12.2014
Bones used in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to go on show at cinema
Bones from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 classic on show as museum reveals truth behind "celebrity" elephant The Indian and African elephants inside the old Museum of Zoology in Cambridge © Cambridge...
Museums
28.11.2014
Three days in Paris for busy museum lovers
Part of the Museums team was visiting Paris the previous week. It was a short business trip, but we also managed to take a stroll through this beautiful city. Paris in November, when the summer...
BY Culture24
11.12.2014
RAF Museum hits all the right notes with new First World War in the Air gallery
The RAF Museum has unveiled its new First World War in the Air gallery. Richard Moss takes a look © Richard Moss The Royal Air Force Museum has achieved something remarkable here; telling the human...
BY Culture24
26.11.2014
In Pictures: Prince of Wales makes drawing school first Royal institution since 1956
Prince Charles adds charity drawing school to prestigious list started by Royal Academy during 18th century Click on the picture to launch [View at source] ...
BY Culture24
02.12.2014
Campaigners say BBC could show Time Team special as calls grow for Mick Aston tribute
Campaigners ponder BBC approach as petition for Channel 4 archaeology special nears 7,000-signature mark Flag Fen, the prehistoric Peterborough site where Time Team's John Gator did some of his best...
BY Culture24
25.11.2014
Warring Neanderthal and cannibal factions to battle in cinema drama at brutalist Preston Bus Station
Neanderthals and cannibals to meet in dilapidated cinema at brutalist bus station after gallery wins contemporary art award Clarissa Corfe, of the Harris Museum (second from left) and artist...
BY Culture24
25.11.2014
Ben Uri acquires rare Josef Herman painting lost for more than 60 years
Ben Uri acquires "extremely rare" early work by Polish émigré painter which was thought to have been lost Josef Herman, Refugees (circa 1941) © Estate of Josef Herman, all rights reserved The Ben...
BY Culture24
11.12.2014
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art revives the work of Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun
The forgotten men of British Modernism? The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art celebrates the work of the two Roberts; Colquhoun and MacBryde Ian Fleming (1906-94) The Painters: McBryde [sic]...
BY Culture24
01.12.2014
