Faith and Belief
Explore the social history of faith and belief in Britain with exhibitions, event listings, features, news and web resources collected from museums, archives and historic sites across the UK.
British Library secures oldest surviving book in Europe
Read our Curator's Choice as the British Library's £9 million fundraising campaign to secure the St Cuthbert Gospel succeeds.
Buddhist and Hindu Kathmandu art in Robert Beer's Visions of the Divine at October Gallery
The illustrator of The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs returns to the London gallery with works from some of the best modern artists in the Kathmandu Valley.
Photojournalist Judah Passow's No Place Like Home at the Jewish Museum
Punks at Klezmer Fests, ex-servicemen, the unmarked grave of the only Jew to have been hanged in Britain and pleas to boycott Israel are among the works in a display of diversity at London's Jewish Museum.
Fears, Foes and Faeries examines bygone British folklore at Scarborough Art Gallery
Ivy root necklaces, mole's feet charms, squids and more feature in a collection made by a natural historian more than 100 years ago in Scarborough.
Hajj: journeys to the heart of Islam at the British Museum
Hajj is the only one of the five pillars of Islam that is closed to non-Muslims, but a major new exhibition at the British Museum - the first dedicated just to the Hajj - gives an insight into the......
Hajj: The British Museum journeys to the heart of Islam
The world's first exhibition on Hajj - the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca - has opened at the British Museum with a wealth of rare artefacts and treasures.
Jewish Museum targets global audience with Jewish Britain: A History in 50 Objects
As part of a Europe-wide project to highlight Jewish heritage, London's Jewish Museum has launched a new website where you can admire some of its finest exhibits.
Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté makes vast Window Commission at Rivington Place
The former Artes Mundi Prize nominee makes a seven-metre cotton fabric in the annual commission, symbolising his feelings on politics and religion in Africa.
The story of playwright and controversial priest Bernard Walke at St Hilary Heritage Centre
Ralph Gifford talks to Lesley Michell of St Hilary Heritage Centre about the life and work of Bernard Walke, the priest and playwright whose church nativity plays were broadcast by the BBC in the......
Frogs, cows, fairies and dried potatoes make Wellcome's Miracles and Charms lucky
Choosing from thousands of items found by arch folklorist Edward Lovett more than a century ago, the Welcome Collection's new show aims to explore faith, mortality and healing.
Plagues and crucifixion: David Mach's religious art at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh
David Mach's largest solo show to date celebrates 400 years of the King James Bible in a series of collages and sculptures depicting biblical scenes with a modern interpretation.
Ten Documents of Cornwall: A history of a County at Cornwall Record Office
As part of its Heritage Open Days weekend Cornwall Record Office compiled a list of documents and themes that represent an overview of Cornish life and history.
Curator's Choice: Claire Breay on the oldest intact book in Europe found in a Saint's coffin
Find out about the 1,300-year-old Latin holy tome which is at the centre of a £9 million campaign by the British Library to save it for the nation.
British Library launches £9 million bid to save the 7th century Gospel of St John
The British Library has joined forces with Durham Cathedral and the city's university in a bid to return the earliest surviving intact European book to the region by raising £9 million in eight......
Dürer’s Fame exhibition examines the legacy of Albrecht Dürer
The National Gallery of Scotland celebrates Germany's greatest artist with more than 30 of Dürer's works, as well as those he influenced during the past five centuries.
