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    • Bodelwyddan Castle
      Venue: Historic house or home, Museum, Garden, parklands or rural site, Gallery County: Denbighshire Bodelwyddan Castle & Park Near Rhyl
    • Burslem Park's restored Victorian pavilion
      Venue: Heritage site, Garden, parklands or rural site, Environmental or ecological centre County: Staffordshire Burslem Park Stoke-on-Trent
    • Venue: Museum County: Kent Canterbury Heritage Museum Canterbury
    • Heavy horse ploughing field at Chiltern Open Air Museum
      Venue: Agricultural site, Museum, Garden, parklands or rural site, Heritage site, Historic house or home County: Buckinghamshire Chiltern Open Air Museum Chalfont St Giles
    • A photo of a female curator holding up an ancient black shoe inside a museum
      Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Ciara Phipps on colourful court shoes at Newcastle's Discovery Museum
      Find 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
    • a black and white photo of Blackpool Pier seen in the distance through a life ring with Central Pier Blackpool written on it
      Article: Preview English Heritage celebrates Blackpool in latest Quadriga Gallery exhibition at London's Wellington Arch
      English Heritage's latest exhibition exploring the heritage of Britain at Wellington Arch focuses on the history of the Tower Ballroom and Winter Gardens of Blackpool.
      09 July 2012
    • A photograph of a boy reading a wall
      Article: Preview Enid Blyton: Mystery, Magic and Midnight Feasts at Seven Stories in Newcastle
      Revisit the adventures of the Famous Five, the Secret Seven and lose yourself in the fantastical world of The Magic Faraway Tree at this family-friendly exhibition.
      09 May 2013
    • Resource: Virtual exhibition or images, Website, Film, video or vodcast, Resource or activity pack County: West Yorkshire Family Life in the 1950s
      Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum
      Armley Mills Industrial Museum | Leeds
    • Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: West Yorkshire Fate and Fickle Fortune
      The exhibition looks at popular beliefs and rituals as well as attitudes to risk, gambling and games of chance. Objects range from Ancient Egyptian amulets, lucky horseshoes and Ouija Boards to lottery tickets and furry ...
      Abbey House Museum | Leeds | 26 January — 31 December 2013
    • Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: West Yorkshire Fate and Fickle Fortune
      Objects range from Ancient Egyptian amulets, lucky horseshoes and Ouija Boards to lottery tickets and furry dice!
      Abbey House Museum | Leeds | 26 January — 31 December 2013
    • A photo of an old lightbulb against a black background
      Article: Feature First Time Out: Ancient dishes, Chinese puzzles, bone guillotine and the earliest lightbulb
      In the second part of our series on the exhibit swap going on between ten venues, we get the inside track on amazing artefacts including the earliest lamp.
      10 June 2013
    • Colouring pencils
      Event: Workshop or activity session County: Essex Holiday Fun
      Beautiful Boats Tuesday 30 July 2013 Make galleons, ships and fishing smacks to sail in the moat at Valence House. Parlour Games Thursday 1 August 2013 2pm to 4pm Learn about some traditional games played by...
      Valence House Museum | Dagenham | 30 July 2013
      Tags: BBC London 2012: Festival
    • Colouring pencils
      Event: Workshop or activity session County: Essex Holiday Fun
      Beautiful Boats Tuesday 30 July 2013 Make galleons, ships and fishing smacks to sail in the moat at Valence House. Parlour Games Thursday 1 August 2013 2pm to 4pm Learn about some traditional games played by...
      Valence House Museum | Dagenham | 6 August 2013
      Tags: BBC London 2012: Festival
    • Colouring pencils
      Event: Workshop or activity session County: Essex Holiday Fun
      Beautiful Boats Tuesday 30 July 2013 Make galleons, ships and fishing smacks to sail in the moat at Valence House. Parlour Games Thursday 1 August 2013 2pm to 4pm Learn about some traditional games played by...
      Valence House Museum | Dagenham | 1 August 2013
      Tags: BBC London 2012: Festival
    • A photo of human skulls in a display case
      Article: Review Ice Age returns: Brighton Museum Chilled to the Bone
      Did curators in Brighton have one eye on the forecast when they were formulating their new Ice Age exhibition? Sarah Jackson takes a look at cave bear skulls, hand axes and orangutan jaws.
      04 April 2013
    • A photo of the exterior of an ancient wooden ship
      Article: Preview In Pictures: Ancient exhibits from the new Mary Rose Museum
      As the new £35 million Mary Rose Museum prepares to open to the public aboard Henry VIII's rescued ship, we take a look at some of the exhibits lying in wait.
      30 May 2013
    • A photo of a supporter of the England football team in costume standing in a field
      Article: Preview In Pictures: Homes of Football joins National Football Museum at Manchester's Urbis
      See pictures from photographer Stuart Roy Clarke's collection as the National Football Museum opens with penalty shootouts, Maradona shirts and loads of fun for families.
      06 July 2012
    • A photo of an illustration of a magician on the front of a board game
      Article: Preview Leicester's New Walk Museum and Art Gallery welcomes Magic Worlds from the V&A
      From Alice in Wonderland and the characters of JRR Tolkein to Harry Potter and Abracadabra, the new exhibition at New Walk is a fairytale one.
      07 May 2013
    • a photo of a calcified dog from Pompeii
      Article: Preview Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum opens at the British Museum in London
      Focusing on the everyday and domestic rather than gladiators and emperors, the British Museum's new show calls upon ghosts preserved by volcanic carbonisation.
      28 March 2013
    • Article: Preview Lowry Gallery celebrates 125th anniversary of artist's birth with display of rarely seen work
      A Lowry Summer brings together more than 200 paintings and drawings by the artist, including a complete private collection never shown in its entirety before.
      20 July 2012
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