Have a Go!
Getting stuck in isn't just for kids. Drawing, dressing-up, flint-knapping, sewing, speed-dating or simply sharing memories... museums and galleries love getting visitors involved. What's stopping you?
War, Plague and Fire made gorily real in new Museum of London gallery
Culture24 heads to the popular Museum of London for a look around death masks, burnt-out windows, execution wear and scorched helmets at the gruesome new War, Plague and Fire gallery.
Sir Paul McCartney and Chris Evans urge National Trust to save Abbey Road
Radio 2 breakfast show host Chris Evans is leading a campaign to help the National Trust buy the Abbey Road studios of the Beatles after owners EMI were rumoured to have put the London site up for sale.
Age-old uniforms allow National Railway Museum to track history of train workers
The National Railway Museum has teamed up with a group of decorative and fine art specialists to investigate the uniforms of former railway workers in a bid to find out more about their former owners.
York Jorvik Viking Centre re-opens with annual festival after £1 million revamp
Jorvik Viking Centre re-opens with the annual eight-day Viking Festival of bloody battles, Nordic heroics and axemen on toilets on February 13 following a £1 million rebuild.
Kids in Museums campaign launches 2010 manifesto
Kids in Museums, the organisation created to urge museums and galleries to become more family friendly, has announced a typically forceful manifesto of advice for sites across the UK in 2010.
Farnham Castle set for final restoration works and huge increase in opening times after £700,000 Lottery grant
Farnham Castle, the 12th century site described as one of the key tourist attractions in the South of England, has won a £700,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant, concluding a long-running restoration...
Kensington "palace for the people" vision wins £1 million Heritage Lottery Fund cash
The £12 million scheme to open up Kensington Palace to the public with education programmes and permanent exhibitions has won £1 million in Heritage Lottery funding.
Woodland jamboree is tailor made for historic needleworker
A 38-year-old ex office worker turned historical needleworker is set to be a star turn at the 4th Limewoods Working Woodlands Weekend in Chambers Farm Wood in Lincolnshire.
Could you be the voice of Mary Queen of Scots?
The Forth timeline project is looking for a female voice combining the perfect mix of French and Scottish tones to represent Mary Queen of Scots in a new audio installation.
Soldiers, snails and silken gowns: social history comes to life at the 2009 English Heritage Festival of History
Re-enactors from around the country enjoyed a lively weekend at the English Heritage Festival of History 2009. Rosie Clarke visited Kelmarsh Hall in Northamptonshire to join in the fun.
TPYF2: Bradford Museums & Art Galleries' WW2 teaching resource
Polish People in Britain after WW2 is one of the latest TPYF2 funded, free teaching and learning resources from the My Learning website.
British Pathé and other online film archives: Christmas film footage from the past
Take a cinematic journey into Christmases past with some of the free Yuletide footage on British Pathé and other online film archives.
Re-enactors at English Heritage's Festival of History keep it in the family
Culture24's Learners and Teachers' Editor Rachel Hayward goes to English Heritage's Festival of History 2009 to meet family re-enactors and discover the appeal of stepping back in time.
A stitch in time at the Weald and Downland Museum in Chichester
Rosie Clarke spends a day at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum near Chichester in Sussex, where a group of sartorial stitchers have been painstakingly recreating historic Tudor and Victorian...
Travel back in time with historical re-enactments this summer
Dig out your wimple and dust off your armour as Culture24 takes you back in time with a selection of some of the varied historical re-enactments taking place this summer.
