Designated Collections
Designation is a mark of distinction. It is an accolade celebrating unique collections of national and international importance. Explore these fascinating and diverse collections held in museums, galleries and archives with Culture24 news stories, features, events, links and more...
Royal Engineers Museum tells the story of the Corps today and yesterday
Get a sneak preview of new galleries The Corps Today and Early Engineers, which are about to tell tales from the frontline and beyond at Chatham's Royal Engineers Museum.
Haslemere Educational Museum borrows the Horniman Museum's Merman
The Haslemere Educational Museum is borrowing the Horniman Museum's Mysterious Merman, which will be on display at the Surrey collection until September 30 2011.
Collections at Royal Academy, Staffordshire Archives and English Folk Dance & Song Society become Designated
"Compelling" archives run by the Royal Academy of Arts, the English Folk Dance and Song Society and Staffordshire Authorities are honoured by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
Painting the Toon: John Coatsworth at the Discovery Museum
The distinctive 'bendy' artist gets the his first solo exhibition in Newcastle city centre
Bodleian Library seals first Jane Austen manuscript at hotly-contested auction
The correction-littered first draft of Austen’s unfinished The Watsons will become one of the earliest surviving novels on display in Britain as it heads to Oxford.
Curator's Choice: The reconstructed head of a Neolithic woman at the Museum of London
The Senior Curator in Prehistory at the Early London History and Collections department introduces us to a 5,500-year-old Neolithic woman found in Shepperton.
High endnote for Cy Twombly in show with Poussin at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Contrasts abound in a show which pairs exhuberant abstract work by the late 20th century painter with the classical compositions of a 17th century master.
Compton Verney salutes 'Capability’ Brown and the landscapes he created in middle England
Set in its own ‘Capability’ Brown landscape, Compton Verney is the ideal location for the first ever exhibition about landscape designer Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.
In Pictures: Home of Metal makes noisy arrival at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Rock and roll comes to Birmingham in a show celebrating the musical heritage of the Midlands.
Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan in Gunners Today at Firepower Royal Artillery Museum
A dramatic and poignant new show brings life on the frontline into sharp focus at the Royal Artillery Museum.
From Sid James to Amy Winehouse: Entertaining the Nation at the Jewish Museum
Stars including Brian Epstein, Sid James, Peter Sellers and Simon Amstell star in a high-profile celebration of showbiz at the Jewish Museum.
Stephen Jones picks Vivienne Westwood number as Dress of the Year, Fashion Museum
The John Galliano and Jean Paul Gaultier collaborator reveals a Westwood cut with ripped hems as the star exhibit in Bath.
Archaeologists uncover Medieval predecessor to Harewood House at Gawthorpe Hall
Archaeologists are excavating the remains of Gawthorpe Hall, the predecessor of Yorkshire’s Harewood House.
Curator's Choice: Ipswich Museum curator Caroline McDonald's Wickham Market Hoard
As the hoard of Iron Age coins goes on sneak preview to the public, we find out about Ipswich Museum's plans to save it.
Finding Adam: Jacob Epstein's Modern British Sculpture masterpiece back at Harewood House
An imposing Jacob Epstein alabaster carving of a primitive idol ends a 50-year journey by returning to the Yorkshire site.
