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    • An image of a computer-generated graphic of a modern military gallery inside a museum
      Article: News £16 million HLF cash for V&A, Imperial War Museum, Tank Museum and Design Museum
      The Design Museum's new home, the Europe 1600-1800 treasures at the V&A, First World War Galleries at the IWM and the Tank Museum's invincible vehicles share £16 million.
      26 July 2012
    • Venue: Castle or defences, Museum County: Strathclyde 23 Post Skelmorlie
    • A photo of a retro yellow car inside a museum
      Article: News £4.9 million Coventry Transport Museum Lottery bid boosts 14th century Old Grammar School
      Planners at the world's largest British transport collection are on the road to winning £4.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, utilising a forgotten building as part of the proposals.
      04 April 2012
    • Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: West Midlands County A Centenary of Stainless Steel: The Old Hall Connection
      We celebrate the centenary of the invention of stainless steel with a display of one of its finest products: Old Hall table and teawares. Among the items on show are examples of Robert Welch’s trend-setting designs...
      Walsall Museum | 9 April — 1 June 2013
      Tags: BBC Genius of Invention
    • A black and white photo of a man working in a factory
      Article: Preview A Centenary of Stainless Steel: The Old Hall Connection at Walsall Museum
      Who knew about the impact stainless steel had in Walsall? A new show reveals a design dream created by a husband and wife unimpressed with their cleaning nearly a century ago.
      09 April 2013
    • Resource: Virtual exhibition or images, Website, Film, video or vodcast County: East Yorkshire A Passion for Fashion - Madame Clapham Revisited
      Hands on History, Hull
      Hands on History | Hull
    • A photo of a small black and white portrait of a child inside a box on top of a rug
      Article: Preview A Treasured Collection at the V&A's Museum of Childhood in London
      Mini-museums, a sound collection and hundreds of objects united for the first time in an exhibition linking objects donated by the public across 16 years.
      13 March 2013
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      Article: Preview A view through the Urban Eye of Charlie Phillips at Nottingham's New Art Exchange
      Growing up in an at-times hostile West London, Charlie Phillips began portraying the Caribbean community of the 1950s and 1960s. His photos are hidden stories of life.
      19 April 2013
    • A photo of a wide grey brick mansion building amid landscaped gardens
      Article: News Abbot's Hall reopens with plans for happiness at Stowmarket's Museum of East Anglian Life
      An 18th century hall set amid 75 acres of farmland in East Anglia, which reopened to the public earlier this year following a £3 million makeover, aims to be good for your wellbeing.
      13 July 2012
    • Article: Preview Addressing the Need: PM Gallery shows graphic design legacy of the Eames Office
      A London exhibition on the graphic design work of husband and wife team Charles and Ray Eames features the furniture, toys, sculptures and films of a 40-year career.
      14 September 2012
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      Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: Oxfordshire Andrea Stultiens: The Kaddu Wasswa Archive
      Dutch artist Andrea Stultiens met Kaddu Wasswa in 2008 after an introduction by his grandson, the photographer Arthur C. Kisitu. Stultiens found in the way Kaddu Wasswa had personally documented his a life a fascinating ...
      Pitt Rivers Museum | Oxford | 22 February — 8 September 2013
    • A photo of a pair of glamorous dresses in a fashion museum
      Article: Preview Anna Karenina to Yves Saint Laurent: Fashion Museum's Fifty Fabulous Frocks
      Bath'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
    • A photo of a striking black and white etching of a windswept hill with trees and houses
      Article: News Art Fund gift helps Pallant House Gallery acquire Paul Nash treasures
      The Chichester gallery will put wood engravings, etchings, photographs, collages and correspondence, gathered by one of the artist's closest friends, on public display.
      13 February 2013
    • A photo of spirals of yellow paper in the shape of poppies with writing on them
      Article: News in Brief Artist Gillian Taylor's towering paper poppies pay tribute to war letters at Exeter theatre
      A three-metre high artwork made of paper poppies crafted from love letters written during World War II has been installed at Exeter's Northcott Theatre.
      12 November 2012
    • A photo of a group of people standing in front of a tall stone outdoor war memorial
      Article: News Barr Beacon to become wonder of Walsall after planners win £440,000 Lottery award
      A damaged war memorial for Warwickshire and Staffordshire on a site mentioned in the Domesday Book will become a centre for community pride in a three-year heritage project.
      27 March 2012
    • Family walking accross new wooden bridge with a back drop of the Basing House ruins
      Venue: Garden, parklands or rural site, Museum, Heritage site, Castle or defences County: Hampshire Basing House Basingstoke
    • A photo of a woman looking at a fairytale oil painting
      Article: News BBC and Public Catalogue Foundation complete heroic Your Paintings online mission
      The public can see every oil painting in public ownership online after an eight-year campaign to commit almost 212,000 works to a dedicated website.
      13 December 2012
    • Article: News BBC and Public Catalogue Foundation project Your Paintings gems onto buildings
      Exeter Cathedral, Northern Ireland's Donegal Square West and venues in Scotland and Wales are among the buildings to act as canvasses for rarely-seen artworks.
      08 February 2013
    • Venue: Museum County: Isle of Lewis Bernera Museum Bernera
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      Article: News in Brief Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion to honour architect Serge Chermayeff
      The man who designed Bexhill's iconic 1935 modernist masterpiece will be honoured with a series of events in his innovative image, launching with a day of art and music.
      05 April 2013
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