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Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill uncovered in Victoria and Albert Museum exposé

Strawberry Hill, the summer villa built by Horace Walpole in the 18th century, has given hundreds of objects belonging to the first English art historian to the Victoria and Albert Museum while it undergoes renovation. Celia White casts her eye over a few of the precious pieces.

Mummy Hermione among revelatory treasures as Girton College Museum opens its doors

Anglo-Saxon, Egyptian and Mediterranean gems star in the reopened Lawrence Room at Girton College, Cambridge.

Shark teeth and Victorian parlour make Chichester District Museum a hidden surprise

Culture24 stumbles upon secrets of Roman and Victorian England during a trip to Chichester District Museum.

John Terry, Naomi Campbell and The Incredible Hulk go hell for leather in Mark Evans debut at Scream Gallery

Mark Evans, Rio Ferdinand's favourite etcher, tells us about the footballers, supermodels and rock stars in his debut solo show.

Archaeologists to dig up William Shakespeare’s garden at New Place, Stratford–upon–Avon

A groundbreaking archaeological dig will begin at Shakespeare’s final home in Stratford–upon–Avon next week.

Ton up for UK games as River and Rowing Museum launches Our Sporting Life project

A raft of 100 pre-Olympics exhibitions celebrating sport in the UK has launched at Henley's River and Rowing Museum.

Hatch the dog returns to the Mary Rose after 500 years

A painstakingly preserved and reconstructed skeleton of a dog recovered from the Mary Rose is to go on display at the Mary Rose Museum.

Soviet cinema revolutionary inspires hypnotic Mat Collishaw show at BFI Southbank

Mat Collishaw's shock tactics are all too real in his cinematic new show at the BFI Southbank, says Kirstie Brewer.

Female force behind Olympic London celebrated at Museum of London Docklands

The women behind the 2012 Olympics star in a new show at the Museum of London Docklands.

"Father of modern hymns" - John Stainer Archive acquired by Durham University

Durham University has been given the archive of John Stainer, whose influence can still be heard in churches and cathedrals up and down the country.

Teeth tests show victims from mass war grave in Weymouth pit could have been Swedish

Tests on skeletons found in a quarry in Weymouth last year suggest the bodies may have belonged to Swedish Vikings.

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A Terrible Beauty: Edward Wilson in Antarctica 1902-1912 at Brantwood

The works of Edward Wilson, artist, explorer, naturalist and doctor on the Scott expeditions to Antarctica are currently showing at Ruskin's former Lakeland home, Brantwood.

Staffordshire Hoard returns to Birmingham as campaign targets final £1.8 million

The Staffordshire Hoard returns to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery as the £3.3 million deadline to buy it nears.

New National Gallery show follows in the footsteps of Danish master Christen Købke

Culture24 heads to Scandinavia ahead of Danish master Christen Købke's show at The National Gallery.

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Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain at the Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy's latest exhibition reveals why Paul Sandby was one of the most popular painters of the eighteenth century.

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