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Museums at Night 2012: Send us your photos from the best year yet of Culture24's festival

It was an amazing year for Museums at Night, which hosted 535 events in more than 450 venues across the UK. We want you to send us your pictures from the weekend of wonder.

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The Culture24/7: History and Heritage highlights for a marvellous May 2012

Enjoy an incredible display from ancient China at the Fitzwilliam Museum, an Angolan odyssey at the Powell Cotton Museum and annual funfest Museums at Night.

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Promoting Early European Photography at the National Waterfront Museum in Wales

Six rooms of more than 100 pictures in Swansea showcase the work of pioneers from across the continent who produced some of the very first images of life in their country.

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The Games of Zeus summons Olympic spirit at Caerleon's National Roman Legion Museum

Find out why the Greeks once deployed dust as an anti-perspirant and launched the funerals of dignitaries with chariot races in the Roman Legion Museum's new show.

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National Trust Wales aims to make beauty spots self-sufficient through hydro-electricity

The National Trust has announced more innovative power plans, galvanising abandoned copper mines, mountain rivers, farms and cottages along the way.

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The National Portrait Gallery marks the Road to London 2012 with touring photographic display

Bringing together highlights from the gallery's three 'Road to 2012' projects, the exhibition pays tribute to the athletes and workers behind the Olympic and Paralympic games.

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The Culture24 guide to a fun-filled family Easter

If you're planning on a family trip this Easter, here are a few ideas for some of the fun and games happening across the country.

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The Culture24/7: Science and Nature picks for April 2012

Henry Moore, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alan Turing and The Institute of Critical Zoologists all play a part as we pick a few of the best Science and Nature shows and events for April.

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The Culture24/7: Art picks for April 2012

Our regular round up of the most interesting exibitions from around the UK, all due to open this month.

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Karen Ingham ushers you inside her Wonder Chamber at the Ffotogallery in Penarth

Based on the 19th century system of classifying bizarre museum items into something approaching order, the photographer combines science, art and museology.

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Action-packed National Science and Engineering Week begins

The annual campaign celebrates science nationwide for the next nine days, including a supermarket campaign aimed at inspiring children to conduct mini-experiments.

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The Culture24/7: All things Science and Nature for March

National Science and Engineering Week is the highlight of a month which also sees the Grant Museum unleash its animal side and Magna Science Centre take a splash.

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British Museum, Porthcurno and Bannockburn project among £10 million Lottery winners

A British Museum World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre is among the major winners in a £10 million round of Heritage Lottery Fund awards.

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John Piper’s Mountains of Wales return to National Museum Cardiff

Paintings and drawings from a private collection on show at National Museum Cardiff reveal John Piper's intense period of recording the mountains of Wales in a group of works which are now regarded......

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Portuguese photographer Daniel Blaufuks explores Works on Memory at Ffotogallery

In his first UK show, in Cardiff, acclaimed Portuguese artist Daniel Blaufuks uses film canisters, cassette tapes, celluloid film strips and negatives to explore themes of memory.

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