National Maritime Museum Cornwall enjoys Family Friendly Awards win
Organisers say they "could not be more chuffed" as Cornwall's National Maritime Museum celebrates victory at two major award ceremonies.
View ArticleThe Power of the Sea at the RWA casts a line from Turner to Lanyon and beyond
The sea is the theme for a major exhibition of maritime masterpieces that begins with Turner and Constable and ends with Kurt Jackson and Maggie Hambling.
View ArticleSugar pink duct tape Christopher Kane creation is Dress of the Year at Bath...
The latest Fashion Museum Dress of the Year has been unveiled: a sugar pink silk organza dress from leading British designer Christopher Kane's Spring/Summer 2013 collection.
View ArticleBath Fashion Museum enlists public to explore women's fashions during World...
Residents in Somerset are being asked to help stage The Great War in Costume: Family and Fashion on the Home Front by sharing their keepsakes and mementos.
View ArticleThe Swash Channel Wreck gives up its secrets at Poole Museum
Artefacts from the Swash Channel Wreck, the ornately carved Dutch merchantman hailed as the most important UK shipwreck discovery since the Mary Rose, are on display at Poole Museum.
View ArticleStonehenge "may never be the same again" as new digital map reveals stunning...
A host of previously unknown archaeological monuments have been discovered around Stonehenge thanks to an unprecedented digital mapping project.
View ArticleLargest artwork ever commissioned in the UK highlights climate change on...
Bristol residents are taking to the streets to make a 32-mile long artwork highlighting the need for UK flood defences as a result of climate change.
View ArticleNew analysis says Stonehenge treasures were made by children
A new analysis of prehistoric artefacts found near Stonehenge suggests that children as young as ten were blinded by the ultra fine microscopic gold craftwork used in the making burial gift decorations.
View ArticleEnglish Heritage and National Trust welcome Stonehenge tunnel plans
English heritage and the National Trust have both welcomed the government's announcement today that a tunnel will be built to remove the A303 from the Stonehenge landscape.
View ArticleArchaeologists in Jersey find solid gold torc hidden in Celtic coin hoard
A solid gold torc has been discovered in Jersey hidden in a Celtic coin hoard which has astounded archaeologists by yielding a total of six torcs and other treasures.
View ArticleLost Gardens of Heligan celebrate 25 years by remembering the gardeners who...
The Lost Gardens of Heligan is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its opening to the public by remembering the gardeners who left a south Cornish paradise to go to war in 1914.
View ArticleBook that helped Henry VIII annul his marriage and challenge the Pope...
A book that helped Henry VIII to build his case against the Pope and annul his marriage to his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, has been discovered at the National Trust’s Lanhydrock in Cornwall.
View ArticlePostcards, photos, Great Trilithon toasting forks and Spinal Tap: Stonehenge...
A new exhibition at Stonehenge, Wish You Were Here!, looks at the history of the famous stone circle as a tourist attraction via an array of fascinating photographs, postcards and objects. Here are ten...
View ArticleStonehenge sun-disc from the dawn of history goes on display in Wiltshire for...
A sun-disc dating from 2,400 BC found just 20 miles from Stonehenge has gone on display at Wiltshire Museum for the first time to mark the summer solstice.
View ArticleMermaids: Women at Sea, Maritime Museum uncovers the hidden histories of...
From maritime adventurer Mary Lang to the Mermaid of Zennor, The National Maritime Museum in Cornwall is celebrating seafaring heroines with a major autumn exhibition.
View ArticleObject of the Week: A gas mask worn by a German soldier in the First World...
In 1919, Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum was given a collection of German military equipment gathered by the British War Trophies Commission after the Armistice - including this mask.
View ArticleThe best exhibitions to see in the South West of England during 2015
The best exhibitions in the South-West in 2015 sees everything from Japanese paper cuts to a celebration of soil, as well as major exhibitions by Terry Frost and Gerhard Richter.
View ArticleTerry Frost's escapist, exuberant creations at Newlyn Art Gallery and The...
Tate St Ives has organised a special exhibition bringing together a selection of Terry Frost's most significant paintings with collages and sculpture at Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange.
View ArticlePotter's Choice: 13 beautiful ceramics chosen by The Leach Pottery
Feast your eyes on a beautiful selection of pots from the Leach Pottery, including sagger fired stoneware by John Leach and Japanese stoneware by Shinsaku Hamada and his son Tomoo.
View ArticleHow Thomas Hardy's Wessex lured the Edwardian artists of the Slade
The Royal West of England Academy is exploring how Thomas Hardy's Wessex cast its spell over artists of the Slade between the 1880s and 1920s with a show of stunning Dorset landscapes.
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