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    • News 100 Years Of Wildlife Films Goes Online With WildFilmHistory Site
      The launch of WildFilmHistory - an online museum of wildlife films, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund - is imminent after two years' collecting and conserving.
      25 February 2008
    • News 15th Century Versions Of Hello! Celebrity News Magazine Go Online
      Researchers at the University of Warwick have digitised more than 250 lively Renaissance festival books on the British Library website.
      15 August 2005
    • Resource: Workshop or activity session County: South Yorkshire 1940s: Wartime Children
      Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
      Kelham Island Museum | Sheffield
    • Museum: Historic house or home County: Merseyside 20 Forthlin Road Liverpool
    • A photo of the front of a book printed in black ink on yellow
      Preview 200 Years of Pride and Prejudice: Austen to Zombies at the National Library of Scotland
      An original copy of Jane Austen's literary classic, printed 200 years ago, is one of 18 editions on show at an Edinburgh exhibition where visitors can voice their favourite scenes.
      29 July 2013
    • News 24 Hour Museum Named Top Museum & Gallery Site By Web User Magazine
      Web User, Britain's biggest selling Internet magazine, has named the 24 Hour Museum as the top museum and gallery website.
      11 November 2004
    • News 24 Hour Museum Reporter Buys Titanic Book For Ramsgate Museum
      Reporter Veronica Cowan spotted a book by Titanic survivor Lightoller and made her way to the auction house to bid for this piece of Titanic memorabilia.
      18 April 2006
    • News 30,000 Bananas Dumped Outside The National Gallery 05 October 2004
    • A photograph of a special edition box set of Sarah Water's book Fingersmith including long silk gloves
      C24 Feature 40 Years Of The Booker Prize
      This year The Man Booker Prize celebrates its 40th Year. Freay McClelland explores its rich history and examines how it has become one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and the most controversial.
      11 September 2008
    • Historic house or home County: London 575 Wandsworth Road – National Trust London
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      News 600-year-old alchemy tale revisited as Science Museum finds 23rd version of Ripley Scroll
      A 20-foot copy of a 15th century scroll telling tales of the earliest alchemists in Britain has been found by organisers preparing for a major new show at the Science Museum.
      22 March 2012
    • A photo of a woman standing in front of a large ancient book inside a historic building
      News 600-year-old Richard III manuscript turns the page at Yorkshire Museum
      The House Book of medieval York will be left open on pages revealing the truth behind Richard III's visits to York and the thoughts of leaders after his death.
      17 October 2013
    • News 700 Items From Agatha Christie's Devon House Up For Auction
      Fans of crime fiction doyenne Agatha Christie will be able to buy items from her Devon home at an auction in Exeter, with half the proceeds going to the National Trust.
      05 September 2006
    • News 81 Year Old Museum Curator Wins Volunteer Of The Year Award
      81 year old Peggy Gye has been named Wiltshire Museums Volunteer of the Year 2002 for 18 years of dedication to the Market Lavington Museum.
      28 October 2002
    • Resource: Workshop or activity session County: Greater London A Box Full of Stories for KS1 and KS2 to support the Literacy Hour
      Somerset House, London
      Somerset House | London
    • Preview A Century Of Comic Capers For Kids At Dewsbury Museum
      The latest show at Dewsbury Museum takes a look at the way comics have fuelled kids' imaginations and lived out their dreams through colourful pages.
      11 August 2004
    • News A Day Out - Gay History Explored In London During February 2007
      A short round-up of events happening in London museums in celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender History Month 2007.
      23 February 2007
    • A black and white picture of an old man sitting in a chair by a fire with a ghost in the room.
      Preview A Hankering After Ghosts: British Library's Charles Dickens and the Supernatural
      To mark the bicentenary of his birth, the British Library in London goes beyond A Christmas Carol for a new exhibition on Charles Dickens, the supernatural and the macabre.
      06 December 2011
    • Trail A History of Britain - At the Edge of the World?
      A History of Britain is the hit BBC History series by Simon Schama. Follow this 24 Hour Museum trail to find out more about British history in museums and galleries throughout the UK.
      10 November 2000
    • Trail A History Of Britain - Conquest!
      Treachery, perjury, brutalism and murder: as a new millennia dawned in Britain, crisis upon crisis brought disaster to the Wessex dynasty.
      26 February 2001
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