Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions, with Ben Goodlad.
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The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.
Museum news
The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.
The Last Days of Pompeii: the immersive exhibition
A new exhibition in London uses cutting-edge technology to recreate the streets of Pompeii – and the explosive events that turned a thriving Roman settlement into an archaeological time capsule. Carly Hilts describes the experience.
In the Seine
An exhibition in Paris explores the history of the city through the objects recovered from the river at its heart.
Between Two Rivers: ancient Mesopotamia and the birth of history
REVIEW BY TIMOTHY MATNEY The academic world inhabited by Sumerologists and Assyriologists is highly specialised and largely inaccessible for even the hardiest lovers of history. The texts themselves are fragmentary, often pieced together from disparate copies, deliberately anachronistic, and range…
Beyond Burma: forgotten armies
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions, with Peter Popham.
Marie Antoinette Style at the V&A, London
Marie Antoinette is one of the most famous and most misunderstood figures of 18th-century France. Carly Hilts visited a new exhibition exploring her life and legacy.
Made in Ancient Egypt at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
A new exhibition explores ancient Egypt from the perspective of its craftspeople, showcasing their creations and illuminating their experiences. Carly Hilts visited to learn more.
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The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.
Museum news
The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.
Curating the Mold Cape: Museum of Liverpool
This ornate artefact is known as the Mold Cape. Thought to date to c.1900 1600 BC, it is one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet gold-working yet found in Britain, crafted from a single ingot, which was shaped and…
Being a woman in ancient Pompeii
An exhibition at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii explores what life was like for Roman women.
Myth and Reality: military art in the age of Queen Victoria
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions with Peter Popham.
Jewry Wall Museum: A real Roman experience, Leicester
Closed since 2017 for a major refurbishment, Leicester’s Jewry Wall Museum has recently reopened with new interactive displays shedding vivid light on the city’s Roman past. Carly Hilts reports.
Norwich Castle & Art Gallery
Norwich’s imposing Norman keep has reopened after a five-year transformation project, boasting an interior restored to 12th-century finery and an atmospheric new medieval gallery. Carly Hilts reports.
The Trimontium Experience
The Trimontium Museum in Melrose is using Virtual Reality technology to vividly evoke a Roman assault on a hillfort community. Carly Hilts visited to learn more.
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The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.
Ancient Egypt August listings
THE MYSTERY OF CLEOPATRA The legend of Cleopatra and her depictions in art over the centuries is explored through archaeological finds, paintings, sculptures, and works of contemporary art. Highlights include the peacock headpiece worn by Sarah Bernhard in Sardou’s play…
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The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.
Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum and Gladiators of Britain
Exhibitions currently running at the Royal Armouries in Leeds and at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery focus on ancient Rome’s famous arena fighters, separating fact from fiction and exploring the latest archaeological research. Carly Hilts visited both to learn more.
The World of King James VI & I at National Galleries of Scotland: Portrait
Gunpowder, treason, and plot; witch trials and sexual scandals; political, cultural, and religious innovations – James VI & I’s reign was undeniably eventful. Carly Hilts visited an exhibition investigating the man behind the monarch.
Above ground level
A new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden explores the highlights of the last 25 years of Dutch archaeology.
Life after Liberation
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions with Simon Coppock.
Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery, Truro
Cornwall Museum & Art Gallery in Truro is undergoing a major transformation. Carly Hilts visited the recently refurbished ‘Heart of Cornwall’ archaeology displays.
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The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.
Holst Victorian House
Gustavus Theodore von Holst was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, just over 150 years ago, on 21 September 1874. (He changed his name to plain Gustav Holst because of anti-German feeling during the First World War.) His birthplace is now a…
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Ancient India: living traditions
An elegantly designed new exhibition at the British Museum traces the artistic traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. Carly Hilts visited to learn more.
In the grip of gold
A unique exhibition at the Wereldmuseum Leiden in the Netherlands explores how gold has inspired humankind throughout history. Gillis Kersting visited to find out more.
Jersey exhibition on ‘life after liberation’
A new exhibition is exploring how Jersey recovered after five years of Nazi occupation. Life after Liberation: the road to recovery is part of the island’s celebrations to mark 80 years since the war’s end. It runs until December. Jersey…
Newhaven Fort
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions with Carly Jones.
Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking London’s lost treasures
A new exhibition showcasing hundreds of artefacts recovered from the banks of the River Thames sheds illuminating light on London’s long history. Carly Hilts visited the displays at London Museum Docklands.
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The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.
The Viking Sorceress
A major exhibition at the National Museum of Denmark is exploring the mysterious Viking Age Völva.
Gladiators of Britain
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions with MHM.