Calf of Man

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This is a great example of some early Christian art from the Viking age. Find out more by clicking on the museum desc...

For Teachers: Making the Most of your Local Museum or Gallery

Stuff to read - For Teachers

Local museums and galleries hold the key to your local area, they can introduce your students to the value and heritage of their community.

For Teachers: Teaching History with 100 Objects

Stuff to read - For Teachers

This website from the British Museum has a carefully curated collection of 100 objects with teaching ideas for each one to inspire your students' love of history.

For Teachers: Planning a Museum or Gallery Visit

Stuff to read - For Teachers

Visiting museums and galleries is a fantastic way to help your students really engage with the lessons that they learn in the classroom.

Lucky Pig Toy

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This toy pig is one of the little known survivors of the Titanic. It belonged to Edith Rosenbaum (1879-1975) who bro...

Bush TV22 television set

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This is an example of what televisions looked like in the 1950s. They were much smaller than the TVs we have in our l...

A pair of "Wellington Boots"

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Have you ever wondered why your wellies are called wellingtons? Well here are the original boots, designed by…the ...

The Horned Helmet

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Imagine receiving this as a gift! We don’t know what he thought of it but that’s what happened to Henry VIII whe...

What is Archaeology?

Stuff to read - Feature

Have you ever found something on the ground and wondered what it was? Archaeology could help you find out!

'Valour' - A permanent display of our Victoria Crosses

Exhibitions Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive 12 Oct 2010 - 12 Oct 2020

The Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive opened a NEW permanent display on the 12th November 2010.

1066: A Medieval Mosaic

Exhibitions Soldiers of Oxfordshire - conflict and county 11 Feb 2019 - 31 May 2019

The Medieval Mosaic is a re-recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry handcrafted from 3 million pieces of spring steel. By popular demand, this exhibition has now been extended until 31st May 2019

1940 Operations Room

Exhibitions IWM Duxford 1 Nov 2015 - 1 Nov 2020

See the reconstructed 1940 Operations Room, which directed aircraft in the Battle of Britain.

1940s Exhibition

Exhibitions Royal Gunpowder Mills 1 Jan 0200 - 1 Jan 2020

Step back in time with the 1940s exhibition at the Royal Gunpowder Mills

2 Willow Road - National Trust

Places

The architect Erno Goldfinger designed and built this unique Modernist house as his family home in 1939. The central...

36 Hours: Jutland 1916, The Battle That Won The War

Exhibitions National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 19 May 2016 - 31 May 2019

A blockbuster, once-in-a-lifetime exhibition on the Battle of Jutland with never before seen displays and immersive galleries.

A day of knights

Events Royal Armouries 14 Apr 2019

Find out what it takes to be a knight