Did Vikings really wear horned helmets? Was everyone a lot shorter in the past? Take a closer look at some commonly held beliefs which have now been challenged through the evidence revealed by ...

Celebrating the rich diversity of Latin American music with Grupo Luma in World Museum.

Artist, actor and comedian, Johnny Vegas, tells us about the people, places and moments that have influenced who he is today.

Please be aware that the temporary exhibition space at Sudley House will be closed beginning 23 September 2025. These closures come ahead of a new display opening on the first floor, Innocence and ...

Iconic designs by Vivienne Westwood, Mary Quant and Laura Ashley are being showcased in a new display celebrating costume, jewellery and decorative objects made by female designers. Creating Visions: ...

Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames. It shows a farmer (posed by the inn keeper) returning home for his meal, while his horse leans ...

'The Kingston Brooch' is the largest known Anglo-Saxon composite brooch. With its fine zoomorphic filigree, narrow bead and twisted-wire rim decoration, inlaid with blue glass, white shell and ...

Gibson was among the first neo-classical sculptors to paint his sculptures. During the 19th century it became widely known that this had been the practice in ancient Greece. Gibson's intention had ...

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The collections at the International Slavery Museum reflect the deep and permanent impact the history of transatlantic slavery has had around the world.

Marble bust of Augustus, slightly over life-size. A ‘Prima Porta’ type portrait, one of the most common for the emperor, probably created before 20 BC and also used during his reign but also ...

In the late 1850s and 1860s Sandys painted biblical, mythological and literary subjects. He was great friends with Rossetti and his female portraits were often inspired by his work, with hints of ...