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Malmesbury Athelstan exhibition has British Library loaned items
BBC News· 11 hours agoObjects more than a millennia old have gone on display at a Wiltshire museum to celebrate the life...
Freeloading tourists are taking embattled British taxpayers for fools
Daily Telegraph· 17 hours agoVisitors to our national museums and galleries can enter, walk through grand halls, view paintings,...
Letters from Latin America with Leo Boix: June 2, 2024
Morning Star· 19 hours agoThe book shares the inspiring and courageous story of Nemonte and her people, the Waorani, a tribe of around 5,000 hunter-gatherers who have faced violence from state and corporate entities, ...
Ex-British Museum chief wants foreigners to pay to see UK cultural treasures
Euronews via Yahoo News UK· 24 hours agoThe British Museum, Tate Modern and Science Museum are among the UK cultural institutions being...
Edinburgh landmark transformed into 'epic' canvas for art show
The Herald· 2 days agoThe exhibition will include a monumental 15-metre-wide outdoor wall hanging, TSIATSIA – Searching for Connection, that will cover the façade of the Old College Quadrangle. El Anatsui’s work, ...
Object more than 300 years old found in Norfolk field declared as treasure
EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press· 2 days agoAn inquest at Norfolk Coroner's Court held by Samantha Goward heard that inspectors at the British Museum "accepted the finding as treasure". The specific ...
Charge overseas visitors £20 entry to British Museum, says former director
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoA former director of the British Museum has called for visiting tourists to pay a general admission...
The real-life 'history boy' who helped save a town's textile heritage
Lancashire Live via Yahoo News UK· 2 days agoThe great-grandfather has been at the museum ever since as a much-valued volunteer for the last 17...
Teach a man to sew, and you’ll never look shabby again
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoThe new M&S repair service is a good idea. But it’d be better to help people learn to do it...
Former British Museum director wants to charge tourists £20 entry and share Elgin marbles with...
Evening Standard· 3 days agoThe British Museum's former interim director said tourists should be charged £20 for entry. Sir Mark...