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The Culture24/7: History and Heritage highlights for May 2013
From a Bank Holiday party in Cambridge to the inspiring Museums at Night and the opening of the £27 million Mary Rose Museum, here are our history highlights this month.
August Sanders inspires sandergram at Leicester People's Photography Gallery
Following the major exhibition of the influential photographer's work in Leicester earlier this year, 150 August Sanders-inspired photos come courtesy of students and the public.
Richard III: Leicester's Search for a King attracts record crowds to Medieval Guildhall
Following the discovery of Richard III's body, an exhibition looking at the evidence and methods behind the search - including a recreation of his skull - is proving popular.
Richard III: The Royal Armouries' Bob Woosnam-Savage on the violent death of the King in battle
As the University of Leicester confirms the discovery of the body of Richard III, one of the experts involved in the project explains more about the king's violent death at the Battle of Bosworth.
Gray Friars skeleton is last Plantagenet king, say Leicester team on trail of Richard III
Having matched DNA from the skeleton with descendents of Richard III, experts say they have proved "beyond reasonable doubt" that the skeleton is that of the King.
The Culture24/7: Machines and festivals in our February 2013 Science and Nature picks
From Brighton to Newcastle, this month sees extinction, a Squeeze/Hug Machine, steampunk and reconstructed heads in a packed scientific line-up.
George Grosz: The big No at the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery in Leicester
Ecce Homo - a porfolio described as a "monstrous menagerie" from the anti-war satirist who was forced to flee Nazi Germany - goes on show as one of two rare portfolios.
Experts in search for Richard III body find skeletons under Leicester car park
The three-week archaeological excavation at Greyfriars, where Richard III is thought to have been buried, has found a complete skeleton.
Claire Jackson shows breadth of Leicester faiths at city's New Walk Museum and Art Gallery
Leicestershire artist Claire Jackson's portraits celebrate faith and authority leaders across Leicester, including the Lord Mayor and the High Sheriff.
Coins cast continental clues as Harborough Museum shows Peatling Magna hoard to public
Coins from the Roman occupation of France and the Low Countries 2,000 years ago, found in a Leicestershire village in 2010, have gone on display at the Harborough Museum.
Spark Children's Arts Festival brings art, puppetry, retro gaming and more to Leicester
The tenth year of the festival for families and under-14s takes a fortnight of fun and creativity to galleries and spaces across Leicester.
Simon Faithfull show of 850 travel sketches find temporary home in Leicester's Phoenix Square
Digital drawings from around the world have been sent from artist Simon Faithfull's mobile device to the walls of DMU Cube.
Chien Wei Chang installs a cellar of bottles at Leicester's New Walk Museum and Art Gallery
The acclaimed British-Taiwanese artist explores his cultural heritage with an installation piece commissioned by contemporary craft initiative 'The shape of things'.
Eye of the beholder: The Art of Visual Perception at Embrace Arts in Leicester
A collaboration between visual artist Mariano Molina and neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga reveals in image and words what the brain really sees when it looks at art.
Leicester's German Expressionist art gems resurface at New Walk
A new permanent gallery, Expressionist Spirit: Early 20th Century German Art, reveals a 350-work collection initiated by collectors and artists fleeing Hitler's National Socialist Party.
