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Baysgarth House Museum brings our ancestors to life for Museums at Night in Lincolnshire

Like the sound of meeting baronets, nurses and craftsmen from 250 years ago played by expert actors in a spectacular Georgian mansion? Don't miss Baysgarth House.

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Street theatre team Royal de Luxe fill streets of Liverpool for Sea Odyssey spectacular

Using giant mechanical marionettes based on the story of a girl whose uncle wrote to her during his ill-fated trip aboard the Titanic, Sea Odyssey lights up the streets of Liverpool.

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The Culture24 guide to a fun-filled family Easter

If you're planning on a family trip this Easter, here are a few ideas for some of the fun and games happening across the country.

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Drawn to Antarctica and With Scott to the Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition at Brantwood

Paintings made by Frances Hatch in Antarctica and Herbert Ponting's photos from Captain Scott's fateful expedition form two new shows at Cumbria's Brantwood House.

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Education and ingenuity: The Second World War Past and Present at Lighthouse

Photos, testimonies, a computer game for visitors and more in an exhibition remembering wartime communities, created by residents and students in Brighton and Hove.

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International Women's Day returns with packed programme for 2012

Museums, galleries and cultural centres are hosting events to inspire and gladden the spirit across the country as part of this year's International Women's Day.

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Derbyshire to get "one-stop shop" for local history in £4 million Record Office revamp

Officials salute "the home of Derbyshire's collective memory" as a major project to revamp the existing Matlock record office begins in earnest.

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In the Limelight: Newcastle's Theatrical History celebrated at the Discovery Museum

From set designs and seats to programmes and fake beards, a show honouring the 175th birthday of Newcastle's Theatre Royal celebrates the city's theatrical history.

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Southampton ready for Titanic SeaCity Museum

Curators at the new £15 million SeaCity Museum say the venue, built on a Grade II-listed site only vacated by judicial authorities a year ago, will reveal the impact the sinking of the Titanic had,......

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European World War I digitisation project launches in UK with Lancashire Museum roadshow

A bold project to preserve and digitise previously unseen family stories and objects relating to the First World War kicks off with a roadshow at the Museum of Lancashire in March.

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Five-year, £1.4 million project to reveal "unsung heroes" of biomedicine

In the largest research project of its kind ever carried out in the UK, the University of London and the Wellcome Trust will spend five years collecting the stories of the people behind the medical......

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The FA Cup, Connect 4, Wombles and Bee Gees star in Silver 70s at Leeds City Museum

Travel back in time as Leeds celebrates the decade of the Raleigh Chopper, David Bowie, the Silver Jubilee and an FA Cup win for Leeds United.

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An Anne Frank rose to be planted at Manchester Jewish Museum for Holocaust Memorial Day

A look at some of the events and exhibitions being held across the country from today for Holocaust Memorial Day 2012, including a new display in Manchester.

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Harrogate for Health and Happiness: A 20th Century Spa Town at the Pump Room Museum

The history of Harrogate as a spa town in the 20th century is explored via archive film, photographs, objects and memories in a fascinating new exhibition at the Royal Pump Rooms.

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Search engine giant Google helps Bletchley Park find funding in codebreaking huts quest

Former codebreaking centre Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire has moved closer to a multi-million pound revamp thanks to a £550,000 charitable gift from Google.

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