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Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: North Yorkshire 1963: A Moment In TimeAn exciting new exhibition looking at life 50 years ago in the early 1960s. Come and take a look at some of the fashion, music, movies, scandals, sporting events and much more, that shaped the year, and shaped history...Kirkleatham Museum | Redcar | 15 January — 20 December 2013
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Article A brief history of clothing: British Museum video guide for kidsThis British Museum Young explorers' fun video guide is great for learning about clothing from the past.25 February 2011 -
Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: North Yorkshire A Royal GatewayInstalled in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee year, this exhibition looks at the ceremonial role played by Micklegate Bar in welcoming ruling monarchs and other members of the royal family to the city over the...Micklegate Bar Museum | York | 4 August 2012 — 31 May 2013 -
Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: North Yorkshire All Dressed UpThe paintings on show in All Dressed Up offer an engaging insight into costumes and their wearers; from the fashionable garb of 16th century Knaresborough aristocrat Sir Francis Slingsby, who was beheaded for treason,...Ryedale Folk Museum | York | 26 January — 7 July 2013 -
Article: Preview Anna Karenina to Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion Museum's Fifty Fabulous FrocksBath's world-renowned Fashion Museum is about to open a glamorous exhibition after two years of research. Downton Abbey and Dame Vivienne Westwood feature.30 January 2013 -
Article: News Birthplace Trust, galleries and museums to "bypass barriers" in Shakespeare Week 2014Dozens of cultural institutions across the country will help the inaugural Shakespeare Week inspire millions of people when it launches in March 2014.17 April 2013 -
Venue: Heritage site, Museum, Industrial heritage site County: West Midlands County Black Country Living Museum Dudley -
Event: Workshop or activity session County: South Yorkshire Brodsworth at War - Forties Fete EveningExperience the magnificent garden at Brodsworth Hall in the evening with a 40s themed garden fete. Brodsworth was central to many campaigns and fairs during the War and this re-creation gives some of the flavour.Brodsworth Hall and Gardens (English Heritage) | Doncaster | 21 June 2013
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Event: Living history or re-enactment, Workshop or activity session County: South Yorkshire Brodsworth at War - Training for D-DayJoin a cast of costumed actors as the household of Brodsworth and its military occupants prepare for D-Day. This event ties in with the new exhibition inside the Hall – 'Duty Calls: the Country House in Time of War'.Brodsworth Hall and Gardens (English Heritage) | Doncaster | 10 — 11 August 2013
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Article: Preview Cairo to Constantinople: Early Photographs of the Middle East at The Queen's GalleryEdinburgh's Palace of Holyroodhouse showcases artefacts and photos from the Prince of Wales' unusual four-month tour of the Middle East in 1962.04 April 2013 -
Article: Review Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Empress at Edinburgh's National Museum of ScotlandThe National Museum of Scotland celebrates 250 years since the coronation of Catherine the Great with an exhibition of more than 600 items from the State Hermitage Museum.03 September 2012 -
Article: News Charles Dickens Museum reopens after £3.1 million transformationTaking over its neighbouring house, the Doughty Street building where Charles Dickens once lived reopens to round off the bicentenary of his birth in style.05 December 2012 -
Article: Preview Come Carnival: Works by Markéta Luskačová and Francis West at London's Piper GalleryCzech carnivals and a "Pandora's Box" of shape-shifting, imaginary scenes as photographer Markéta Luskačová and painter Francis West combine mystical forces.23 May 2013 -
Event: Living history or re-enactment, Workshop or activity session County: Shropshire Cromwell Recruits at Stokesay CastlePikes at the ready! Join Oliver Cromwell's army and discover what it took to be a soldier of the English Civil War. Then test your agility in the children's battle and learn to use a pike in our soldiers drill.Stokesay Castle (English Heritage) | Craven Arms | 6 — 7 August 2013
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Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Ciara Phipps on colourful court shoes at Newcastle's Discovery MuseumFind out about a pair of shoes which were handmade in Paris for a dancer during the 1920s but illustrate a design style still prevalent in swish footwear almost a century on.14 May 2013 -
Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Pauline Chase's 1913 Peter Pan costume at the Museum of LondonBeatrice Behlan, of The Museum of London, explains the revealing story behind the shoes worn by an Edwardian actress playing Peter Pan.11 December 2009 -
Article: Feature Curator's Choice: Rosemary Harden on Fifty Fabulous Frocks at Bath's Fashion MuseumA 200-year-old showstopper and an Ossie Clark dress known from a David Hockney painting as we take a look at the sartorial greatest hits from a glitzy new exhibition.05 February 2013 -
Article: Preview Dark Age Discovery tells the story of hoards at Stoke's Potteries Museum and Art GalleryMore than 200 ancient artefacts feature in a major display as part of efforts to reveal more about the Staffordshire Hoard by its owners in Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham.20 July 2012 -
Article: News Design Museum opens permanent collection ahead of move to KensingtonPhone boxes, postboxes, glitzy fashion, lamps and the London 2012 logo all feature in the new permanent display at the Design Museum.30 January 2013
