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From a Bank Holiday party in Cambridge to the inspiring Museums at Night and the opening of the £27 million Mary Rose Museum, here are our history highlights this month.

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.

The National Railway Museum will appoint independent engineers in a bid to complete the restoration project on the famous 4472 locomotive.

The Servants’ Hall at Harewood House is hosting an extraordinary exhibition of ordinary, useful tools considered as works of art by collector David Usborne.

Two of the greatest engines in the world, responsible for powering huge mills in Lancashire at the start of the 20th century, have been honoured along with their conservators.

After a careful "technically advanced anoxic treatment" Luton's Wardown Park Museum has revealed its latest acquisition - a 400-year-old hat recovered from the wall of an Essex cottage.

Cornish Mining World Heritage have developed and published a new set of free audio trails that bring the history, people and places within the UNESCO World Heritage site to life.

Beamish’s recently restored, 135-year-old steam locomotive, the Lewin No 18, is making a historic return to its former workplace, where it worked for more than 100 years.

Jamie Maddison takes an audio tour round Tavistock with the help of a podcast developed by Cornish Mining World Heritage.

Jamie Maddison loses himself on a Romantic historical wander amdist the lush green Luxulyan Valley - part of the UNESCO Cornish Mining World Heritage site.

Jamie Maddison visits Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum and Parkland and to find reminders of Cornwall's mining heritage amid the popular industrial museum's clay pits, heritage buildings and parkland.

Culture24's Cornwall correspondent takes a tilt at the beam engine houses that litter the Cornish Mining World Heritage landscape as he tries to bag as many as he can in one day.

Cornish Mining World Heritage journalist Jamie Maddison reports from deep within South Crofty Mine where a centuries-old tradition of Cornish mining is being revived.

Jamie Maddison explores the history and heritage of mining in Cornwall and speaks to David Rutherford, of Cornish Mining World Heritage - the organisation working to promote it to a wider audience.

In his own words... Peter Turvey of The Science Museum at Wroughton reveals the joys of an 1881 McLaren Traction Engine, ‘Empress of India’.

Jane Insley, Senior Curator of Engineering Technologies at the Science Museum, picks Raphael Roussel's Medieval Diorama (1940-44).

Find out more about the experiences of Greek Cypriots who migrated to London before 1960 - many living through World War II and its aftermath in the capital.

Discover fascinating objects in the museums of the North East. As Featured in the BBC TV series People-s Musuem.

Discover fascinating objects in the museums of the south east. As featured in the BBC series People's Museum.

Sarah Morley looks at Norwich's Jewish heritage a link that dates back to medieval times and accounts for several historic parts of the city.

Don Owen shares his memories of growing up in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, during World War II.

Birmingham and nearby Coventry were powerhouses of Britain's munitions production in the Second World War which made it a prime target for the Luftwaffe.

A trail developed in partnership with Leodis, an online photographic archive from Leeds Library and Information Service, looking at life in Leeds during World War Two.

The Battle of Britain raged over the skies of Sussex and Brighton saw its fair share of bombing in the Blitz of World War Two. There were several naval bases in the area and there are a number of places where you can discover more about wartime Brighton.

Sixty years ago, bells rang around the world celebrating the end of WW2. Read more about UK commemorations and the museums whose collections mark the conflict.

The 'My Life-Our Heritage' project has researched and authored several trails within the London Borough of Barnet. Locations were selected because of their accessibility to wheelchair users and elderly people. This trail, an exploration of Friern Barnet Lane in North London is the second to be featured on the London City Heritage Guide.

The Florrie is a historic but neglected building in Liverpool 8. Members of the local community are trying to save the structure and to remember its illustrious past. Jim Brade of the Save The Florrie Campaign used our Storymaker program to input this interesting call for action.

There's more to the East End than cockney rhyming slang. From contemporary art at the Whitechapel Gallery to the streets that inspired Dickens, take a walk round the diverse mix of old and new on this trail of locations and museums that can be seen in half a day.

Children's Express journalist Jon Hudson explains that no matter who you are or where you are from, you won't feel out of place in Birmingham.

Community Focus take us on a tour of Ridgeway, Mill Hill in Barnet and reveal some historical locations accessible to wheelchair users and the elderly.

From Kirkstall Abbey to the Royal Armouries, the story of industrial Leeds is not only one of mills and forges, but of almost 1000 years of human endeavour.

After reading about the Belle Vue exhibition at Manchester City Library, 24 Hour Museum reader Roy Bailey sent us some of his memories of the park.

We finish our series of features marking the 60th anniversary of D-Day with a look at some of the locations and museums in Normandy today.

A Voyage Round O'Brian's Britain is a tour of UK museums that brings the world of Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey to life.

The history of electronic communications is a fascinating tale of innovation and enterprise - find out more on our telecommunications museum trail.

One of Newcastle's most important industrial areas is the Ouseburn Valley - discover its history with this chronolgy.

In 1942 a largely Canadian force launched from the southcoast for a raid on Dieppe. Disaster followed: 907 Canadians were killed, many more were captured.

Our Fellowship Of The Ring/ J.R.R. Tolkien trail features exhibitions, locations and websites.

These museums tell the story of the major industries of the East Midlands.

From the Peterloo Massacre, through the Anti-Corn Law League to the connections with Marx and Engels, Manchester has a strong tradition of political radicalism. Discover the people, the locations, museums and collections in this trail developed with the help of the People's History Museum.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot - follow the Gunpowder 400 Trail to find out what's going on in UK museums.