Got a headache? Maybe St. Denis can help. Learn all about colourful wall paintings, helpful saints and medieval medical advice in our latest blog "Headaches, Plagues and Wall Paintings": https://t.co/njXa0QBINY #wallpainting#medieval#HistoryUncovered#Conservation
Before & after...
From bare walls to battles scenes.
Myth & Reality: Military Art in the Age of Queen Victoria — now open & free to visit!
More info: https://t.co/2nLMEUI0e1
Hand-and-a-half sword (estoc) with blade inscribed "CIVITAS SOLIREGI" and "SOLI DEO GLORIA". Culture: Italian, North Italy; mid–16th century AD; steel/iron with silver fittings, wood grip with traces of leather; length 127 cm. Collection: Czerny’s International Auction House.
Inscriptions:
CIVITAS SOLI REGI → “The commonwealth (city/state) is for the one King.”
SOLI DEO GLORIA → “Glory to God alone.”
📢Our lower gallery is currently closed for maintenance. We're sorry for any inconvenience. The upper gallery, café and shop are open🙂 Museum entry is free. @camunivmuseums
A baronet who embezzled funds, a royal stonemason and a judge who used to be a highway man – the story of the Redgrave monuments really has it all! Read all about our #May monument of the month now in our blog: https://t.co/nu0hkcRWYQ #historybuff#suffolk#monuments
Carved anthropomorphic figure of a polar bear carrying its cub. Place of origin: Bering Sea region, Inuit culture. Material: Walrus ivory. Date: Early 19th century AD. Dimensions: 3.5 cm high, 9.5 cm long, 2.5 cm wide. Credit: Finch & Co.
🛡 🏹 With this fascinating and considered article on #Viking warrior burials, @LauraGeggel of @LiveScience is proving, yet again, to be one of the best #archaeology communicators.
https://t.co/SIUxSf5UZW
Less than 2 months to go until the conference 🥳🥳
Registration will be open until **1 June** https://t.co/ggWC35vmjX
Join us in Glasgow from 9-11 July (or online!) for an amazing line up of speakers and roundtables, plus much more ...
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For me this is a nightmare and worst of all, virtually no-one I know realises this is about to happen. Trove doesn’t do what I need it to do so this is hugely disappointing.
Here's an unusual new acquisition, as it's a bit of our own history. A copy of our earliest guidebook, produced a few months after we first opened in October 1962. It's fascinating to see how our collection has developed, expanded and improved since then! #ObjectOfTheWeek