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Rare map from WHSmith archive sells for £50,000
A rare map depicting WHSmith’s vast commercial empire in the 1930s, by a leading graphic designer of the last century MacDonald Gill, sold for £50,000 at Chorley’s Modern Art &…
National Archives exhibition explores the Cold War
Protect and Survive: Britain’s Cold War Revealed is a new exhibition at The National Archives in Kew exploring the impact of the Cold War on Britain, from the corridors of power and…
V&A Dundee visitor numbers hit half a million
V&A Dundee has welcomed half a million visitors to the museum since it opened, hitting the milestone almost six months earlier than expected. The 500,000th person to walk through the…
New exhibition on the history of caring for older people
A new exhibition at the Royal College of Nursing shows how the way we care for older people has changed over the last 200 years, shifting from workhouses, institutions and…
Whitby Abbey reopens after revamp
Whitby Abbey, the imposing ruin overlooking the North Yorkshire coast, has re-opened to the public following a major £1.6 million re-interpretation project by English Heritage – including a new museum…
John Paul Jones museum rescued by American donor
A museum in Scotland dedicated to a founding father of the US Navy has been rescued from closure thanks to a lifeline donation from an American supporter. The John Paul…
River Hunters explores the English Civil War
In this brand new and exclusive series from HISTORY® UK, presenter and wild swimmer Rick Edwards (left) teams up with YouTube sensation Beau Ouimette (right), a river detectorist with over…
‘Disrupt? Peterloo and Protest’ exhibition opens
People’s History Museum in Manchester has opened an exhibition that tells the story that is at the very core of its being, and which represents a watershed moment in the…
Windermere Jetty Museum opens
The Lake District’s new Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories opened its doors on 23 March following a £20 million development by Lakeland Arts. Principally funded by the…
Launch of Peterloo anniversary website
A new website, Peterloo1819.co.uk, has been launched today (18 March) that will interactively explore the events and legacy of the Peterloo Massacre 200 years after this watershed moment in Britain’s…
Exhibition explores heritage of Mary Rose crew
Were the crew of the Mary Rose white Englishmen or did diversity reign on board Henry VIII’s favourite warship? The Mary Rose at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is delighted to present The…