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Happy & Glorious: Coronation art exhibition goes on show
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Happy & Glorious: Coronation art exhibition goes on show Stunning new artwork commissioned by the Government Art Collection to mark the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla has gone on show in our Happy & Glorious exhibition.
The free exhibition includes work by artists from across ...
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Exploring Space at the Science Museum 
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Exploring Space at the Science Museum  The final weeks of Exploring Space bring to an end a gallery that first opened back in 1986 under the name Exploration of Space. For the best part of 40 years it has proved to be one of the Science ...
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New photography acquisition by Ilanit Illouz The museum is delighted to welcome ‘Sol Salin I’ to the Photography Collection, a unique salt encrusted photograph by the French artist Ilanit Illouz. This text is an extract from the essay ‘The Memory of...
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Call for Scholarship Award Applications The Karun Thakar Fund is now accepting applications for the 2025 Scholarship Awards. Applications will be accepted from 00:01 GMT on 1 May 2025 until 23:59 GMT on 15 July 2025. About The Karun Thakar...
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5 things to do at V&A East Storehouse from 31 May The count-down is officially on today as we hit one month to go before V&A East Storehouse opens on 31 May! It’s all systems go across the V&A East team as we get everything ready...
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Fire! Making the front page since 1842 Students on the V&A / RCA History of Design Postgraduate Programme spend the autumn term researching an object in the museum’s collection. In this series, we share some of their exciting discoveries. In December 2023,...
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Celebrating Sophie Wilson and 40 years of the ARM microprocessor
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Celebrating Sophie Wilson and 40 years of the ARM microprocessor Until recent history, the idea of carrying around a computer capable of multiple functions was unthinkable. Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) outlined the possibility, yet it look 100 more years for Alan Turing (1912-1954) to make multifunction computers a reality, designing a ...
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Mandatory bag checks introduced for all visitors
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Mandatory bag checks introduced for all visitors Starting 29 April 2025, we are introducing new security measures to safeguard our visitors, staff and to protect our collections. Upon entering The National Archives’ building, all visitors’ bags, containers and other belongings will be searched by security staff.
Prohibited items ...
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Improvement work to our building continues
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Improvement work to our building continues Work to replace the windows in the 1970s part of our building continues and from June will move to the first floor. The work is due to be completed by the end of October. Our existing aluminium double-glazed windows are ...
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Experts sought for The Manorial and Tithe Documents Panel
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Experts sought for The Manorial and Tithe Documents Panel New members are being sought for a panel which advises The Master of the Rolls on historical documents related to the manorial system and tithes.
Manorial documents relate to a type of land ownership known as copyhold, abolished in 1922. Tithing ...
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£1 million project explores lasting impact of Radclyffe Hall’s radical novel
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£1 million project explores lasting impact of Radclyffe Hall’s radical novel Researchers have embarked on a £1 million project to examine the lasting impact of Radclyffe Hall’s radical novel “The Well of Loneliness”.
Published in 1928, the book follows the life of Stephen Gordon who falls in love with another woman and ...
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Cornelia Parker creates new work for Coronation exhibition
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Cornelia Parker creates new work for Coronation exhibition Stunning new artwork commissioned by the Government Art Collection to mark the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla goes on show at The National Archives from 2 May.
The free exhibition, Happy & Glorious, showcases work by ...
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The most complete map of a brain is unveiled today
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The most complete map of a brain is unveiled today This image shows a subset of more than 1,000 of the 120,000 brain cells (neuron + glia) reconstructed in the MICRONS project © The Allen Institute.
A map of nerve cell connectivity, form, and function from within a grain-of-sand-sized portion of ...
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Top 5 things to see at the Science Museum if you love space
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Top 5 things to see at the Science Museum if you love space Stop 1: Tim Peake’s Spacecraft
Soyuz TMA-19M descent module in the Exploring Space gallery.
The first stop on our space tour is the Exploring Space gallery. After a mind-boggling national tour, attracting 1.3 million visitors, Tim Peake’s Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft is now ...
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Against the clock: behind the scenes digitising timepieces and objects of horology
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Against the clock: behind the scenes digitising timepieces and objects of horology Founded in London by Royal Charter in 1631, the Clockmakers’ Company began assembling its collection of clocks, watches, and extraordinary objects in 1814. The Clockmakers’ Museum includes works by many of the greatest names in horology from John Harrison to ...
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Tanks to Botanics – archives win accredited status
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Tanks to Botanics – archives win accredited status Two radically different archives, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and The Tank Museum at Bovington, have won accredited status for the first time for their archive services.
The award shows they meet the UK standard for managing collections and enabling public access ...
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Parliamentary group receive warm welcome
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Parliamentary group receive warm welcome This week we welcomed a delegation from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Archives and History to learn more about the work of The National Archives.
Dr Jess Nelson shows some of our iconic documents to members of the APPG. From ...
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Versailles: Science and Splendour trail 
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Versailles: Science and Splendour trail  As the seat of royal power in 17th- and 18th-century France, Versailles was renowned for its opulent palace and gardens. But it was also a place of serious – and often groundbreaking – scientific enquiry and experiment. From new medical ...
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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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