Objects

Objects and the stories they tell are what most museum collections are all about. Explore these fascinating objects here with Culture24 articles, event listings, websites and related resources.

A photo of blocks of writing on gallery walls showing words to do with geography and China

Hamish Fulton: Walk and Turner and the Elements lift the spirits at Turner Contemporary

JMW Turner's fascination with the four elements combine with Hamish Fulton's fearless journeys across the world in a powerful pair of shows at the Margate gallery.

A photo of a woman handling a jagged silver meteorite with blue gloves

"Most important meteorite in 100 years" gives Natural History Museum glimpse of life on Mars

The Natural History Museum has bought the largest meteorite ever to be added to its collection, found in the aftermath of a blaze above the skies of Morocco in 2011.

a stylised sketch of a woman

New Art Gallery revisits Jacob Epstein's Hyde Park Monstrosity

New Art Gallery Walsall is revisiting the controversy that surrounded Jacob Epstein's design for a memorial to WH Hudson in Hyde Park by taking a closer look at his sketches.

An image of a stuffed tiger

World Society for the Protection of Animals seeks museum for unique Wildlife Crime display

The World Society for the Protection of Animals and a wildlife crime team working for London's Metropolitan Police are appealing to potential venues to host an exhibition.

A photo of a large ancient ship on a river

SS Robin to reopen to public in time for the London 2012 Olympics

The world's oldest complete steamship will become a heritage site, training centre for the public and symbol of regeneration in London in time for the Olympics.

an artwork showing small pieces of filings swirling around a central monolith

Hajj: The British Museum journeys to the heart of Islam

The world's first exhibition on Hajj - the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca - has opened at the British Museum with a wealth of rare artefacts and treasures.

A photo of a man in a suit peering inside a lamp

Museum of Science and Industry volunteer fires up rare example of earliest electrical light

The expertise of an electrical ace working behind the scenes in Manchester has allowed the public to see one of the earliest electrical lamps in action again.

A photo of two artists looking at a bronze miniature statue of a boy on a rocking horse inside a case

Elmgreen and Dragset prepare for Fourth Plinth invasion

Danish-Norwegian pairing Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset are about to unleash their latest invention on London's Trafalgar Square.

A photo of a model of a ship in a window

Grandson of drifter behind Scottish Fisheries Museum flagship builds copy 110 years on

William Forbes, the man who built the Reaper and launched it from the now-disused Sandhaven yard 110 years ago, has presented a scale model to the Fife museum.

A photo of various advertising signs from the 1920s

Bygone adverts prove So Near and yet so Far at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro

Guinness for vitality, Oxo for strength, cigarettes for a sore throat and tonic wine for your nerves - a show of 1920s adverts in Cornwall makes some entertaining claims.

A photo of men posing around a sailing boat in a workshop

National Maritime Museum asks public to help build Prehistoric boat in five months

Cornwall's maritime epicentre and Bronze Age experts from the University of Expert have launched a daring bid to recreate the oldest boat ever found in Western Europe.

A photo of a man staring into the camera next to a colourful ceramic vase in a gallery

Grayson Perry introduces Transmitter/Receiver: The Persistence of Collage

Grayson Perry says collage is "in the realm of great artists" as an Arts Council Collection show featuring the likes of Ben Nicholson, Eduardo Paolozzi, Richard Hamilton, Patrick Caulfield and Chris......

A photo of a slab of pavement protruding from the ground

Wirral artist Leo Fitzmaurice wins Northern Art Prize 2012 and £16,500 at Leeds Art Gallery

Chosen from an exhibiting shortlist of four, the artist who presented a makeshift slideshow of shots taken on his mobile phone wins the annual Northern Art Prize.

A photo of a metal sculpture of a bird made from bits of cog

The Garden of Forgotten Engineers, Smiths and Bicycles: Serena Thirkwell in Worthing

The great great granddaughter of Edward Burne-Jones turns a rusty heater into a bee and an old farmer's plough into a helicopter in the garden of Worthing Museum and Art Gallery.

A photo of a silver jar made in intricate metalwork

Sheffield Hallam University and Museums Sheffield put metalwork online in Objects in 3D

Researchers and curators have teamed up for an innovative new online adventure shedding new light on the metalwork masterpieces Sheffield is famous for.

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