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‘Objects hold energy’: Author posits that British Museum in London is full of ghosts
When author and artist Noah Angell heard rumors that the British Museum in London was haunted, he set about documenting ghost ...
Big Interview with Dr Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum
It’s been just over a year since Nicholas Cullinan took up his post as the new director of the British Museum in London and ...
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Hunting for Ancient Technology at the British Museum
What hidden clues to ancient high technology might be sitting in plain sight? This video explores artifacts in the British Museum that show surprising precision, unusual tool marks, and design ...
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Remembering Peter Phillips, the pioneering British Pop artist, who has died, aged 86
The Birmingham-born artist, who drew on the city’s industrial iconography in his 1960s breakthrough work, was closest among ...
The famous faces who run the British Museum (and the power they wield)
The likes of George Osborne, Mary Beard and Claudia Winkleman have become part of the most important cultural clique in the ...
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Sir Jony Ive Joins the British Museum Board of Trustees
The British Museum has welcomed design visionary Sir Jony Ive to its Board of Trustees, marking a pivotal moment as the institution ...
Boston museum returns a pair of looted artifacts to rightful owners
The two pieces were returned as part of the museum’s colonial-era provenance program which looks to identify artifacts that ...