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Civilisations returns with unprecedented access to the British Museum’s collection
Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the ...
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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 ...
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On this day 246 years ago, the British army burned Fairfield during the American Revolution
On July 7, 1779, during the height of the Revolutionary War, the British army set the town of Fairfield ablaze. During the morning hours of the day, Colonial army members at a fort at Black Rock ...
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Veteran Kurt Russell discovers his surprising Revolutionary War ties
On July Fourth, actor Kurt Russell visited a small museum in Massachusetts dedicated to his ancestor, who was killed by ...
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 ...
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 ...
A portal to the past: This unique open-air attraction has been named the UK's Museum of the Year
Featuring a recreated 1950s town, Beamish in County Durham was awarded the prestigious prize for its "joyous, immersive and ...
KC filmmakers help bring Revolutionary War to life in unique Army museum exhibit
The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed ...
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 ...
Portrait of last Battle of Britain pilot handed over at National Museum
A portrait of the last Battle of Britain pilot, John “Paddy” Hemingway, has been handed over at the National Museum of ...