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If you missed the display of London's famed fatberg at the Museum of London this summer, fear not! The clever conserv...
Nowadays it is easy for women to take their right to vote for granted, but it is important to remember that it hasn't...
Amazing Archives showcases some of the fantastic items in Newcastle University’s Special Collections and Archives. ...
This beautiful and colourful locket makes our modern day jewellery look rather plain. Its intricate detailing shows t...
A website full of fascinating facts about the Tudors.
What are these hands saying to you? Are they stopping you or inviting you? Are they waving to you? What could they ...
If you were a captain in charge of a ship on a long sea voyage, wouldn’t it be useful to know where in the ocean y...
You'll never believe the story behind this object. It's incredible. Click on the museum description to find out more.
This is not your typical mask. It towers over people at an enormous 14foot high and 7.5 foot wide. It is constructed...
This is a Dastar Bungga, meaning ‘towering fortress’. These pointed turbans of wound silk were worn by the warri...
This is the coat worn by Admiral Lord Nelson, the head of the British Navy at the battle of Trafalgar. Britain and Fr...
This is one of our favourite Waterloo200 objects. At the beginning of the 19th century, Napoleon was expanding t...
Although this little Barnacle doesn't look impressive it tells a very important story in British and World history.Ca...
The Ancient Greeks held the Olympic Games every four years. Show Me investigates the games to uncover some fascinating facts that you might not have known about this ancient sporting event.
Not only is this the only near-complete surviving elephant armour in the world, it is also in the Guinness Book of Re...
Have you ever wished that you could fly? Humans have been fascinated with air travel for thousands of years, the earl...
