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    • A close up photo of a red and yellow strawberry plant
      Article: Preview Blooming Marvellous reveals master botanic illustrators at Natural History Museum Tring
      Great botanical illustrators from across the centuries, including the artist who made a fateful trip with Captain Cook and important contributors to science, feature in Tring.
      21 May 2013
    • a photo of a path through rolling fields and woodland
      Article: Review Museums at Night Report: Bat walking through the scented woodlands at Hatchlands Park
      For Museums at Night Amy Strike heads through the bluebell-scented woodlands of Hatchalnds Park for a bat walk in search of Barbastelles and Pipistrelles...
      17 May 2013
    • A photo of various laboratory taps in the shadows
      Article: Preview Shadows of former King's College labs fill Somerset House Inigo Rooms in Plant Science
      An installation art duo are carrying out a reclamation of the "oddly significant" artefacts from a doomed set of labs where leading scientists once worked in London.
      13 May 2013
    • A photo of a series of sculpted pandas
      Article: Preview Pandamonium gives artistic support to WWF at The Lightbox in Woking
      Created by leading contemporary artists in an exploration of beauty and fragility, a panda-based collection of works in Woking will support conservation efforts by the WWF.
      08 May 2013
    • A photo of a silver steel coat of arms
      Article: Preview Rustless: Harry Brearley and the Impact of Stainless on Everyday Life at Kelham Island
      A century after Harry Brearley hit upon the formula for "rustless" steel, a renamed room and two displays at Kelham Island Museum honour the Sheffield lad's achievements.
      08 May 2013
    • Picture of a summer garden
      Article: Preview Seeds of Change: Artist and Arnolfini create A Floating Ballast Seed Garden in Bristol
      An ongoing investigation by Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves into ballast flora in the port cities of Europe has birthed an inimitable botanical landmark in Bristol.
      02 May 2013
    • A photo of a wasp suspended in a yellow solution
      Article: Preview Culture24/7: Science and Nature highlights for May 2013
      From the Thames and Kew Gardens to Greenland and journeys through the Earth, May is an inspiring month in Science and Nature. Here are a few exhibitions we've spotted.
      01 May 2013
    • A photo of a sign bearing various climate change slogans
      Article: Review Our Time in Ice reflects on a fragile spring at Brighton's ONCA Gallery
      The second exhibition at a gallery attuned to climate concerns is a strikingly simple and multi-disciplinary one, says Mary Stevens.
      01 May 2013
    • A photo of transmitter masts in a field
      Article: News Science Museum announces details of huge £15.6 million Information Age gallery
      Charting communications from the 19th century to the internet age, organisers say the largest exhibition space at London's Science Museum is a "landmark project".
      30 April 2013
    • A blurred photo of a woman in a street holding her hands over her eyes
      Article: News "Impossibly excited" Watershed organisers launch search for Magician in Residence
      Watershed is inviting applications in a search for a magician, artist, illusionist or designer to take part in a two-month project at the Bristol venue.
      29 April 2013
    • A photo of a sculpture resembling two blocks of Arctic ice on the floor of an art gallery
      Article: Preview Mariele Neudecker – Heterotopias and Other Domestic Landscapes at the Brighton Festival
      Mariele Neudecker's three-storey show at Brighton's Regency Town House could represent the German installation artist's most ambitious work to date, says Mary Stevens.
      29 April 2013
    • A photo of a man looking at dinosaur bones
      Article: Feature Curator's Choice: Will Watts introduces the Scarborough Speeton plesiosaur
      Scarborough Museums' Will Watts recalls a bitterly cold, ten-day excavation on a North Yorkshire beach which plugged a gap of around 60 million years.
      26 April 2013
    • A photo of a line showing musical intonations
      Article: News Kraftwerk-inspired album made with Minimoogs and synthesizers for Bletchley Park
      Having been mastered using retro effects in Las Vegas, an album of electronica is about to go on sale in support of educational plans at The National Museum of Computing.
      25 April 2013
    • A computer image of people inside a colourful scientific exhibition
      Article: News Science Museum to reveal "extraordinary" Large Hadron Collider laboratory
      Theatre, video, sound art, 15-metre magnets and "virtual" scientists are among the plans revealed by The Science Museum for its recreation of the Large Hadron Collider lab.
      24 April 2013
    • A photo of three people standing under a bridge next to a signpost
      Article: News "Exciting and innovative" Environmental Art Festival Scotland to take place in August 2013
      An environmental festival will launch this year as part of a £400,000 partnership between Creative Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway Council.
      22 April 2013
    • A photo of a small yellow circular fossil against a black background
      Article: Preview "An eerie, magical feeling": Katie Paterson takes a history of life to Kettle's Yard
      Having explored mammoth teeth, dragonfly wings and the bones of bears during a residency alongside scientists, Katie Paterson's new exhibition is a miniature history of life.
      16 April 2013
    • A photo of peas in a pod in a garden
      Article: Preview Superfood season gets down to earth as Chelsea Physic Garden embraces summer
      Expert talks on the power of plants and vegetables are the star events in a summer of family activities and behind-the-scenes tours at London's 17th century Physic Garden.
      11 April 2013
    • Article: Review Giant's Causeway: The new visitor centre at Northern Ireland's World Heritage Site
      Northern Ireland's famous World Heritage Site has never disappointed, but an £18.5 million visitor centre makes it all the better. Mark Sheerin takes a look.
      09 April 2013
    • A black and white photo of a kind of white castle above an arid rocky landscape
      Article: Preview Photographer Sebastião Salgado's Genesis at the Natural History Museum in London
      Having seen deforestation on his native Brazilian farm, acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado went to five corners of the earth in pursuit of a portrait of the natural world.
      09 April 2013
    • A photo of a woman and child in a museum
      Article: Feature Curator's Choice: A picnic table at Eureka! The National Children's Museum in Halifax
      Leigh-Anne Stradeski introduces All About Me, the new £2.9 million gallery at The National Children's Museum, and tells us why her favourite exhibit involves food decisions.
      08 April 2013
    • 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 a section of an ancient handwritten letter
      Article: News Letter written by Captain Scott as he lay dying in Antarctic to go on show at Polar Museum
      The Scott Polar Research Institute, in Cambridge, has acquired one of Captain Scott's "last letters", buying one of his only dispatches still in private hands for £79,000.
      04 April 2013
    • an x-ray showing a toy bicycle in the oesephogus
      Article: Preview Foreign Bodies unites swallowed swords and bicycles from UCL vaults
      Curated from across University College London's four museums, a display of surgical curiosities and ancient artefacts ponders all things alien and inorganic to our bodies.
      25 March 2013
    • A photo of a seismic graph within a darkened room
      Article: Preview Beneath and Beyond takes seismic upheaval to the Museum of Science and Industry
      Live seismic recordings from 50 stations around the world – including ones beneath Greater Manchester – help create a unique sound and video installation at the MOSI.
      22 March 2013
    • A photo of a group of people walking up a hill on a snowy day
      Article: News New £10.5 million Northumberland National Park Sill centre moves a step closer
      Planners have begun consulting on plans to create a landscape-inspired visitor centre and youth hostel at The Sill, within the famous Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site.
      21 March 2013
    • A photo of a strangely-shaped section of animal bone with annotations surrounding it
      Article: Feature Curator's Choice: Professor Jenny Clack chooses an extraordinary sea-bream bone
      The Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the Museum of Zoology explains why a bone from the collection is one of the most extraordinary she's ever seen.
      19 March 2013
    • A photo of a bird among reeds with brown feathers, a green face and a long thin beak
      Article: Feature Curator's Choice: Professor Andrew Balmford on the near-mystical Great Bittern reed bird
      As part of a guest series from the University of Cambridge, take a look at a reed-dwelling bird which is thriving again after an uncertain few years.
      15 March 2013
    • A photo of various butterflies and insects against a white background on museum display
      Article: Preview This Unrivalled Collection: The Hunterian's First Catalogue revisited in Glasgow
      A century after Captain James Laskey did a fine job of compiling Scotland's first museum catalogue, the three-toed sloths, stones, shields and Mastodon teeth are back.
      13 March 2013
    • a curator placing objects in a walled display case
      Article: Preview World's most extraordinary materials feature in "a dream garden shed" at Institute of Making
      Aiming to show people how to remake the world at the centre of University College London, the new Institute of Making will feature more than 1,500 materials.
      12 March 2013
    • A photo of a man in a blue suit standing next to an advert for an antiques programme
      Article: News in Brief Museum of Science and Industry prepares to welcome BBC One antiques show
      Flog It!, the BBC's long-running show in which the public get to find out whether their antiques are worth a fortune, is about to hold a valuation day in Manchester.
      07 March 2013
    • A photo of a curator inside a room full of illuminated slides smiling at the camera
      Article: Feature Curator's Choice: Mark Carnall on the Micrarium at the Grant Museum in London
      Obsolete in teaching, limited for research use, poorly documented and a "nightmare" to interpret, Curator Mark Carnall tells us about the Grant's wondrous office of slides.
      05 March 2013
    • A photo of a beautiful, colourful garden with a kind of green gate leading into it
      Article: News in Brief Gertrude Jekyll: Landscape Gardener and Craftswoman to open at Woking's Lightbox
      A major summer exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking will take a look at the myriad talents of Gertrude Jekyll - a prolific pioneer of garden design more than a century ago.
      04 March 2013
    • A photo of a woman in profile wearing a circular hat and a black and white dress
      Article: Preview Trailblazers celebrates Remarkable Women in Science at Newcastle's Discovery Museum
      National Portrait Gallery images of pioneering female scientists from history visit a forthcoming show in Newcastle which aims to inspire the inventive minds of the future.
      26 February 2013
    • A photo of a female curator assembling a series of tiny slides on an illuminated wall
      Article: Preview "Really beautiful" Micrarium fills old office with tiny wonders at Grant Museum of Zoology
      A couple of thousand slides form one of the most unusual exhibitions ever made at the University College London museum, including beetles, squids, fleas and whales.
      21 February 2013
    • A photo of three young children working with interactive textile shapes within a gallery
      Article: Preview We Made it – Nuts, Bolts, Gadgets and Gizmos gallery opens at Thinktank Birmingham
      Cars, cows, aluminium and mobile phones feature among 1,200 objects and 20 interactive exhibits in a new gallery charting Birmingham's productive past.
      21 February 2013
    • An image showing a historic illustration of winged men flying above various animals
      Article: Preview ET, HG Wells, sci-fi classics and beyond: Royal Observatory Greenwich's Alien Revolution
      From Copernicus to the Mars Curiosity rover, the Royal Observatory is about to launch a season pondering the hot topic of our intergalactic solitude.
      13 February 2013
    • A close up photo of a tiger with green eyes and its mouth slightly open revealing teeth
      Article: Review Extinction: Not the end of the World? asks Natural History Museum
      A Great Auk, a Dodo and an Irish Elk are part of the Natural History Museum's new display. And one of the tiniest specimens on show proves it's not all doom and gloom.
      08 February 2013
    • A photo showing the close up of a black and white horse's eye next to a shade of orange
      Article: Preview Photographer Sara Porter brings Natural Beauty to wildlife show at Leeds City Museum
      Drawing inspiration from a collection of more than 800,000 objects, taxidermy, insects, eggs and skulls add up to a natural history exhibition with a difference.
      01 February 2013
    • A photo of a huge computer inside a museum
      Article: News Harwell Dekatron team go viral as Witch computer enters Guinness World Record books
      Watch a video on the heroic restoration which allowed The National Museum of Computing's resident juggernaut to become the world's oldest working digital computer.
      30 January 2013
    • A photo of a hexagonal canvas with an artwork featuring brown, yellow and green
      Article: News Watershed residencies create drawing robot and rotting Geiger-Müller Sound System
      A robot capable of making original drawings and a rotting 19th century harmonium represent the results of art-technology experiment the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol.
      28 January 2013
    • A photo of a man looking at a red postbox while typing a text into his mobile phone
      Article Postboxes in Bristol to speak to public via text after PAN Studios win Playable City Award
      People in Bristol will be able to exchange messages with bollards, benches and other street objects in a project devised by the £30,000 winners of a digital art competition.
      21 January 2013
    • A photo of a spiralling red, yellow, light blue and purple spiral within the solar cosmos
      Article: News in Brief Entries open for Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 competition in Greenwich
      Following a record number of competitors last year, entries have just opened for this year's edition of the Royal Observatory's annual search for super space snappers.
      17 January 2013
    • A close-up photo of a small exotic blue and red fish swimming through a clear river
      Article: Preview Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches at the Horniman Museum
      Stingrays, tetras, sculpted anaconda, replica eel stings, pink dolphins, piranhas and a chance to stick your hand in a tank of rotten leaves - the Horniman's next show is exotic.
      14 January 2013
    • A photo of a yellow and red robot chicken next to a cake and a small computer chip
      Article: News Raspberry Pi chicken shames cupboard raiders on Twitter as MOSI teams up with uni
      The Museum of Science and Industry's STEM team and the University of Manchester have collaborated on a series of workshops allowing children to create revolutionary gadgets.
      09 January 2013
    • A photo of a boy looking through a small blue telescope inside a museum
      Article: Preview BBC Stargazing Live returns with astronomical plans for UK museums and galleries
      The BBC's annual campaign to get people involved with astronomy, Stargazing Live, returns following the huge success of last year's campaign.
      07 January 2013
    • A photo of a man in a suit peering inside a lamp
      Article: Feature Museums, Science and Nature in review 2012: Skeletons, superhumans and sunflowers:
      We take a look back at 12 inspiring months in Science and Nature, from exhibitions dedicated to Alan Turing to sustainability theories and supersized nano-particles.
      21 December 2012
    • a detail of a multi-panelled painting of a woodland
      Article: Review The best museum or gallery exhibition of 2012: Culture24 writers make their choice
      From Hockney at the RA and Vodou in Nottingham to Brains at The Wellcome Collection, Culture24 writers choose their top exhibition of 2012.
      21 December 2012
    • a photo of mounted butterlfies
      Article: News Natural History Museum promises to bring Alfred Russel Wallace "out of Darwin’s shadow"
      The Natural History Museum has announced an ambitious programme of events to celebrate the 2013 centenary of eminent naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
      12 December 2012
    • A black and white photo of a young South American man's face looking sideways
      Article: Preview Johan Oldekop's amazing Amazon in All Other Things Being Equal at the Manchester Museum
      A four-year project working with rural communities on conservation efforts in Ecuador is the focus for an exhibition of photos, sound and stats in Manchester.
      10 December 2012
    • A photo of a large prehistoric gorilla's hairy face
      Article: Preview In Pictures: Natural History Museum's Treasures Gallery
      An Emperor penguin egg and Guy the gorilla star in the Natural History Museum's showcase of 22 amazing exhibits, designed to keep an eye on Dippy the Diplodocus.
      07 December 2012
    • A photo of a large stuffed walrus being cleaned by a conservator inside a museum
      Article: News "Firm favourite" overstuffed walrus to leave Horniman for Turner Contemporary holiday
      A walrus which has starred in the Horniman Museum and Gardens' Natural History gallery for more than a century will head to the seaside as part of a major display next summer.
      05 December 2012
    • A photo of a sheep-like animal with loads of white thick hair in front of a country gate
      Article: News Welsh renewable energy story pursued by Heritage Lottery Fund, BBC and National Trust
      From mountains and cottages to rivers and cutting-edge technology, a project across the country is exploring the century-old origins of renewable energy in Wales.
      23 November 2012
    • A photo of a huge and extremely complicated old computer with hundreds of valves
      Article: News Oldest digital computer rebooted at The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley
      Sixty-one years after it was made for an atomic research department, the "charmed life" of the 2.5-tonne Harwell Dekatron has found its latest home.
      21 November 2012
    • A photo of a series of human eyeballs in small openings inside a museum box
      Article: News Eyeballs and wolf skulls as Museum of Curiosity prepares to open
      A new vault of "weird s***" in Soho prepares to unveil penis bones carved from human skulls, skeletons, a woolly mammoth tusk and an Ice Age wolf head.
      09 November 2012
    • an aerial photograph of white cliffs with a lighthouse on the cliff top
      Article: News Triumph for National Trust's £1.2 million White Cliffs of Dover appeal
      Thousands of people have helped a "once-in-a-lifetime" fundraising appeal to unite five miles of the famous White Cliffs, raising £1.2 million in less than four months.
      07 November 2012
    • a photograph of masks pinned to a wall
      Article: News London's Wellcome Collection unveils ambitious £17.5m redevelopment plan
      Wellcome Collection has unveiled a major £17.5m development project, creating new galleries and spaces to meet overwhelming visitor numbers.
      25 October 2012
    • a photo of penguins underwater
      Article: News Emperor Penguins and Red Kite scoop top accolades in Wildlife Photographer of Year
      A dramatic underwater photo of Emperor Penguins and a striking photo of a kite are the two main winners in the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards.
      18 October 2012
    • Article: News in Brief Young Scientist of the Year competition pays tribute to inventor of electric motor
      Sixteen teenage finalists will gather at the Royal Institution to compete in a series of tasks involving electromagnetism on the 200th anniversary of Michael Faraday's invention.
      28 September 2012
    • a photo of a large dinosaur skeleton in a museum
      Article: Preview Natural History Museum's new Treasures gallery highlights exceptional objects
      London's Natural History Museum will open a new permanent gallery in November showcasing 22 of the most exceptional objects from the museum's collection.
      25 September 2012
    • A photo of the inside of a timber building set within a park
      Article: Preview Central Park celebrates Ecology of Colour with Studio Weave Artlands building in Dartford
      Setting public art workshops within a park building made by an acclaimed young architectural team, a new project in the Kent town of Dartford features dye-based art.
      18 September 2012
    • A photo of a pencil being rotated by a metal circle drawing a mechanical line on sand
      Article: Preview "Unique" Google Web Lab takes power of the Internet to the Science Museum
      An eight-piece harmonious robotic orchestra and a real-time visualisation which groups and "categorises" visitors are among the highlights in a show hailing the power of the net.
      11 September 2012
    • a photo of steel towers emerging from a blue mist
      Article: Preview Cromarty Lighthouse artworks explore parallels between marine mammal and human senses
      In an event aligned to the British Festival of Science, artists Stephen Hurrel and Mark Lyken have unveiled new works created during their IOTA “Sublime” residency in Cromarty.
      03 September 2012
    • A photo of two people working with science materials
      Article: Preview The Culture24/7: Science and Nature brilliance for September 2012
      The British Science Festival and Brighton Digital Festival stand out in a packed month of science. Major shows at the Royal Observatory, in Bristol and in Nottingham also feature.
      03 September 2012
    • a photograph of footprints in the sand of a beach
      Article: Preview Invisible Flock invite public to journey across Morecambe Bay with the Sand Pilot
      Cedric Robinson, the official Queen's Guide to the Sands at Morecambe Bay, is teaming up with interactive arts trio Invisible Flock for an adventure into art.
      30 August 2012
    • photo of digital artworks with projections
      Article: Preview Brighton's arts and digital communities come together for city's Digital Festival
      From small-scale meet ups and big name conferences to digital artists’ experimental ideas and exhibitions, Brighton Digital Festival celebrates the art and artifice of digital culture.
      23 August 2012
    • Article: Preview Castlefield Gallery shows off microfilm archive designed for anthropologists of the future
      Using remixed video footage from online contributors, artist Dave Griffiths has created Babel Fiche, an archive to help future generations understand current times.
      23 August 2012
    • a photo of blacksmith working at a forge
      Article: News Iron sculpture takes shape at Ironbridge Gorge thanks to massed effort of 75 blacksmiths
      A new sculpture marking the achievements of Abraham Darby is taking shape at Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire thanks to members of the British Artist Blacksmiths Association.
      22 August 2012
    • a photo of a large rocket fin in a workshop
      Article: News Royal Engineers Museum begins restoration of German V-2 Rocket missile for display
      A rare surviving example of one of Hitler’s infamous V-2 rockets is to be restored, re-assembled and displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum Library and Archive.
      13 July 2012
    • Article: Preview Art through sci-fi at Royal West of England Academy's Unnatural Natural History in Bristol
      Addressing man's decimation of the planet, artists explore an alternative world where natural objects have metamorphosed into unnatural forms due to environmental pressure.
      12 July 2012
    • a photo of a sparrow perched on a rock
      Article: News RSPB asks for one final push from Londoners to help save the Cockney Sparrow
      Londoners are being urged to spare a few minutes during the next few days to help the RSPB's Sparrow Watch scheme save the capital's declining sparrow population.
      09 July 2012
    • Article: Preview Opus Pericardium sci-art project uses ECG data to translate rhythm of human heart into music
      Artist Sarah Harvey works in collaboration with composers and scientists to create audio soundscapes of the human heart using data from electrocardiogram readings in London.
      06 July 2012
    • A black and white photo of a late 19th century man with extreme facial deformities
      Article: News Replica skeleton of "Elephant Man" Joseph Merrick appears at Royal London Museum
      Using 3D bone scans as part of new DNA research on the The Elephant Man, University of London experts are allowing the public to see an exact replica of Joseph Merrick's skeleton.
      03 July 2012
    • an aerial photograph of white cliffs with a lighthouse on the cliff top
      Article: News National Trust launches major fundraising campaign to secure White Cliffs of Dover
      The National Trust has launched a £1.2 million appeal to secure the last remaining mile of the world famous White Cliffs of Dover in Kent.
      27 June 2012
    • A photo of children enjoying a ride on an unusual mechanical vehicle in a science garden
      Article: Feature Curator's Choice: Thinktank's Clara Lim on Wacky Wheels
      Just edging out a Hamster Wheel, the Exhibitions Manager at the huge new Science Garden in Birmingham explains why square wheels make for a surprisingly smooth ride.
      19 June 2012
    • A photo of the outside of a tall, elegant brown brick museum on a busy urban street
      Article: News Exeter's "magical" Royal Albert Memorial Museum wins Art Fund Prize
      The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery in Exeter, which reopened in 2011 following a £24 million transformation, has won the 2012 Art Fund Prize.
      19 June 2012
    • a photo of a column sculpture of black wood
      Article: Preview David Nash at Kew: A Natural Gallery exploring the fundamental material of wood
      The wood and bronze sculptures of David Nash are currently enlivening the landscapes and glass houses of Kew Gardens with organic and abstract forms.
      11 June 2012
    • A photo of a family inside some sort of bubble inside an outdoor science park
      Article: Preview Thinktank Science Garden unleashes human-sized hamster wheels and elastic energy
      Three years in the making, the £2.8 million Science Garden opens in Birmingham as part of the first new park in the city for more than a century.
      08 June 2012
    • Article: Preview Ana Tzarev flower paintings expose a secret garden at Saatchi Gallery in London
      The Croatia-born artist's large scale sculptural paintings explore the symbolic significance of flowers and their association to the cultures in which they are found.
      07 June 2012
    • a photo of a group of women on a podium
      Article: News Haslemere Educational Museum scoops the 2012 Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award
      A museum in Surrey which has been making kids and family visits a top priority since it opened in 1888 has won the Daily Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award.
      31 May 2012
    • A photo of a man in a suit looking up at a circular gold clock with a giant fly above it
      Article: News Time-chomping Midsummer Chronophage clock arrives at National Museum of Scotland
      The inventor of a giant clock, replacing numbers and hands with slits of light which tell the time every five minutes, says it could make other timekeepers "seem rather boring".
      30 May 2012
    • A photo of two young children looking at a board showing various plants in a nature reserve
      Article: News in Brief Northern Ireland nature reserve to come under community ownership in £512,000 deal
      A vital nature reserve in Drumnaph will expand to take in around 200 acres of land when it is taken over by a community group as part of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.
      29 May 2012
    • A photo of a young boy looking at a colourful dinosaur model inside a museum
      Article: Preview Rotunda Museum explores mega footprints of a region in Scarborough's Lost Dinosaurs
      The area around Scarborough has a long history of dinosaur finds, but an exciting new exhibition ponders the big question: why have they led to so few bone discoveries?
      28 May 2012
    • a photo of carved words on a stone
      Article: Feature Simon Armitage's Stanza Stones fuses poetry, landscape and stone carving in Yorkshire
      The Stanza Stones trail follows 47 miles along the Pennine Watershed between Ilkley and Marsden, offering walkers the chance to discover six new poems by Simon Armitage.
      26 May 2012
    • a photo of a woman standing in the Old Operating Theatre
      Article: Review Installation artist Claire Barclay delves into history at the Old Operating Theatre
      Mark Sheerin winces as he joins Claire Barclay for an evening delving into the history of surgery at the Old Operating Theatre for Museums at Night 2012.
      25 May 2012
    • A photograph of the outside of the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum at night
      Article: Preview Museums at Night 2012: Your guide to events across Scotland
      From the Berwickshire to Caithness, Galloway to Lewis, museums the length and breadth of Scotland open their doors for some very special events to celebrate Museums at Night.
      16 May 2012
    • A photo of a group of people dressed in adventure clothing in a field under a blue sky
      Article: News Feel like you're flying in the wind: National Trust launches 50 Things to do Before You're 11¾
      Overseen by five "Elite Rangers" going by names including The Bug Catcher and Den Boy, the Trust launches a new scheme to get kids playing in the great outdoors.
      16 April 2012
    • A photo of a tree hanging over a lush green valley
      Article: News 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.
      10 April 2012
    • A photo of a conductor moving his baton as part of an orchestra
      Article: News Public invited to join Philharmonia Orchestra inside Science Museum's Universe of Sound
      Visitors will be invited to conduct and play along with the world-renowned orchestra inside a "thrilling" ten-room installation at the Science Museum in London this summer.
      02 April 2012
    • An image of a large fish in an oasis in mountain valleys
      Article: Preview 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.
      29 March 2012
    • A photograph of a man with scientific equipment
      Article: Review Natural History Museum celebrates Captain Scott team in fitting Last Expedition show
      The Natural History Museum in London looks back at Scott's contribution to science and exploration, 100 years after his team's doomed attempt to reach the South Pole.
      18 January 2012
    • A photo of two men who appear to be drawing in black paint on a transparent screen
      Article: Preview Eye of the beholder: The Art of Visual Perception at Embrace Arts in Leicester
      A collaboration between visual artist Mariano Molina and neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga reveals in image and words what the brain really sees when it looks at art.
      11 January 2012
    • A photo of two children at a museum information desk
      Article: News From Cornwall to Manchester, Kids in Museums Takeover Day 2011 is an "amazing experience"
      Children have planned new exhibitions, devised craft workshops, produced signs and swarmed through galleries in disguise in the Children's Commissioner's Takeover Day.
      11 November 2011
    • A photo of a female stomach partly covered by a dress made from zips
      Article: Review Hidden Heroes reveals The Genius of Everyday Things in Science Museum show full of wonder
      A gorilla made out of coat hangers and some kinky zipwork leave Jennie Gillions looking at her teabags in a different light at the Science Museum's enlightening new show.
      11 November 2011
    • A photo of a woman in black and white against a bright yellow background in a retro advertisement
      Article: Preview Hidden Heroes – The Genius of Everyday Things opens at the Science Museum, London
      Pictures of some of the greatest inventions and inventors of all time as the Science Museum aims to "celebrate the truly uncelebrated" in a major new exhibition.
      09 November 2011
    • A photo of a giant deer head against a blue background
      Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Face to face with a giant deer head inside London's Grant Museum of Zoology
      Curator Mark Carnall on the deer head which has proved a "constant pain" since it was snapped up from a pub in Ireland.
      11 April 2011
    • Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Professor Frank James of the Royal Institution chooses a Voltaic Battery
      Curator's Choice: Professor Frank James, Head of Collections and Heritage at the Royal Institution, picks Alessandro Volta's Voltaic pile, made from zinc, copper and cardboard.
      03 February 2011
    • Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Lucy Shanahan of the Wellcome Collection chooses an Eadweard Muybridge collotype
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