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These are not Viking swords

Swords of the Viking Age are some of the most iconic objects of the early medieval period. The very word…

• By Dr Adrián Maldonado
• 11th August 2020

What are museums for?

Contrary perhaps to the world of museums as represented in Hollywood films and detective novels, the working life of a…

• By Dr Chris Breward
• 11th August 2020

Using museum technology to look inside a pair of 18th Century shoes

• By Danielle Connolly
• 7th August 2020

The tale of the Montserrat oriole

• By Dr Andrew Kitchener
• 22nd July 2020

Looting Scotland in the Viking Age

• By Dr Adrián Maldonado
• 21st July 2020

Corona Punks and the Museum

• By Sarah Rothwell
• 14th July 2020

Reawakening our sleeping museums

• By Dr Chris Breward
• 30th June 2020

Investigating Insects Near You

• By Ashleigh Whiffin
• 19th June 2020

Solitary Bees at National Museum of Rural Life

• By Marion Lawton
• 17th June 2020

Managing Mannequins for Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk

• By Lynn McClean
• 15th June 2020

A mantua gown fit for a ball once again

• By Miriam McLeod
• 12th June 2020

Garments on tour

• By Rosie Nuttall
• 12th June 2020

Not Fade Away – Constructing a Replica Victorian Bodice for Permanent Display

• By Miriam McLeod
• 12th June 2020

Moths, Monitoring and a Mountain Hare: collections care during lockdown

• By Anna Starkey
• 11th June 2020

An Outsiders View – The Making of the Glenmorangie Commission

• By Sarah Rothwell
• 1st June 2020

No Place Like Home

• By Dr Chris Breward
• 29th May 2020

A Symbol for Love and Good Health: A 17th Century Japanese Buddhist Mandala Painting

• By Vicki Hanley
• 27th May 2020

How to Use Conservation skills in Lockdown: what are our paper and textile conservators getting up to?

• By Rosie Nuttall
• 27th May 2020