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Who’s in the photograph? The Etruscan Breadwinners photography album is a significant record of employees at Wedgwood at the turn of the twentieth century. Every page includes a group photograph for each department labelled with the names of the...
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How lasers and atoms could change the future of computation
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How lasers and atoms could change the future of computation When you step into the quiet, temperature-controlled room at the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) in Harwell, Oxfordshire, the first thing you notice are the three great black boxes, each containing a prototype quantum computer.  
They are clad with shutters, partly ...
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What does conserving the digital look like? What does collections care for the digital look like? The V&A’s expertise on conserving digital and media collection objects has been rapidly expanding over the past few years. When people think of a conservator that...
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Photos: Inside Yinka Ilori’s joyful London design studio One of several new V&A acquisitions set to go on display at V&A East Museum from 18 April 2026 is a chair by London-based designer Yinka Ilori. Captain Hook (2015) is one of five chairs...
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Why Space Needs Explaining
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Why Space Needs Explaining Many people think of space as a distant place — a realm of rockets, astronauts and moon dust, but it’s actually as close as your phone. Every GPS route, financial transaction and weather forecast depends on the satellites that soar ...
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5 things to know about V&A East Museum Today we’re announcing some exciting new details about V&A East Museum, which will open on Saturday 18 April 2026 in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, just a short walk from V&A East Storehouse. Here are...
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Art as embroidery – the work of British artist Molly Booker In the early twentieth century many artists began experimenting with the medium of embroidery, seeking to reform its use and style. Work for the V&A Documentation for Access project has uncovered the legacy of twentieth-century...
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Keeping the future in focus: how the V&A is preserving the digital Every day, more of our creative lives unfold in the digital world. Artists design in code, photographers work in pixels, musicians compose through algorithms, and designers build immersive environments that exist only on screens. At...
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Conference – Sacred Ceramics: Devotional Images in European Porcelain, 30 September 2025 Jointly written by Rebecca Klarner and Dr Matthew Martin (University of Melbourne). Rebecca is working on this project in her capacity as a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Researcher and this conference was part of her Student...
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Autumn at Young V&A As  Making Egypt draws to a close at Young V&A, we have been on a fascinating journey through the ancient past to modern day, exploring ancient Egypt’s creativity and how it continues to influence art,...
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Marking World Stroke Day
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Marking World Stroke Day Around the world, 1 in 4 people will have a stroke at some point in their lives.  
A stroke is when blood stops flowing to a part of your brain, caused by a blockage or rupture of a blood vessel. Without ...
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Exhibition to explore the making of America to feature rare Declaration of Independence
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Exhibition to explore the making of America to feature rare Declaration of Independence We can today announce a major exhibition exploring the birth of the United States of America to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 2026.
Revolution 250: The Making of the USA will open on ...
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Snapshot of Tudor England in Henry VIII’s ‘Domesday’
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Snapshot of Tudor England in Henry VIII’s ‘Domesday’ The National Archives is helping make accessible a financial survey of the Church ordered by Henry VIII after his break with Rome.
His inspectors counted 8,000 parish churches, 650 monasteries, 22 cathedrals and numerous chapels, chantries, colleges, schools, hospitals and poor ...
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Inspirational conservationist Dame Jane Goodall’s remarkable legacy
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Inspirational conservationist Dame Jane Goodall’s remarkable legacy Dr Goodall dedicated decades to the detailed study of chimpanzee behaviour in Tanzania. Her pioneering fieldwork revealed new aspects of chimp behaviours such as highly developed social behaviours and the ability to make and use tools, redefining what it meant ...
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Schools service scoops heritage award for The National Archives
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Schools service scoops heritage award for The National Archives Educators at The National Archives have won a prestigious prize for their history workshops.
The team, all trained teachers, won The Sandford Award for Heritage Learning 2025. They bring alive history using maps, drawings, wills, censuses, illustrations and other records from ...
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The Art of Science and Nature Trail
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The Art of Science and Nature Trail Scientists and artists have always shared a curiosity about the natural world. Explore artworks and stories across our permanent free galleries and exhibition on this self-guided trail to discover how art, science, and nature are deeply intertwined.
STOP 1: Mathematics: The ...
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Gresford Colliery documents head for Wrexham in first for The National Archives
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Gresford Colliery documents head for Wrexham in first for The National Archives The National Archives is displaying records related to the Gresford Colliery disaster in Wrexham Library to mark the 91st anniversary on 22 September 2025.
Two hundred and sixty-six men and boys died after an underground explosion and devastating fire.
Most of the ...
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Billion-year trickle on asteroid Ryugu revises the origins of Earth’s water
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Billion-year trickle on asteroid Ryugu revises the origins of Earth’s water When Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft made its delicate touch-and-go landing on the surface of asteroid Ryugu in 2019, it scooped up more than just dust. The return capsule, which parachuted down into the Australian outback a year later, carried fragments of ...
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Le Lupe di Roma La Lupa Capitolina, conservata nei Musei Capitolini, è una scultura in bronzo del V sec. a.C., realizzata con tecnica della cera persa che raffigura una lupa che ha da poco partorito, come indicano… Continua a leggere →
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Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
Il Blog del Sistema Musei di Roma Capitale
MUSEO DELLA REPUBBLICA ROMANA E DELLA MEMORIA GARIBALDINA Ormai da anni la Sovrintendenza Capitolina mette a disposizione dei cittadini e dei turisti spazi espositivi e collezioni d’arte ad entrata gratuita con l’intento di promuovere la conoscenza e la fruizione di realtà… Continua a leggere →
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