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Natural History Museum
Understanding to Protect | Natural History Museum and Seedlip
Humankind's relationship with the natural world needs to change. Through the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition we see the drama and beauty of nature, but also the impact humans are having on the planet. The winning images show...
Natural History Museum
Slow Down and Celebrate | Natural History Museum and Seedlip
The world is constantly speeding up. Now, more than ever, we need to slow down and appreciate the wonders of the natural world. Discover how wildlife photography offers us the opportunity to pause, take a moment and witness the beautiful...
Natural History Museum
Sensorial Paradise | Natural History Museum and Seedlip
Go behind the lens and discover how nature inspires photographers to make the award winning photographs which feature in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. Explore what sensorial inspirations you can take from the natural...
Curated Video
British Space Science: Exploring Saturn and Capturing Solar Wind Particles
Discover the fascinating world of British space science at the Science Museum's latest exhibition. From capturing solar wind particles to exploring Saturn's rings and moons, this exhibition showcases the cutting-edge research missions...
Curated Video
Intercountry Interactive: The World's First Remotely Shared Home Exhibition
The London Science Museum's new exhibition showcases the world's first remotely shared home, connecting visitors in London and Berlin through modern technologies. Through sensory and kinetic devices, interactive lighting, and internet...
Curated Video
The Mysteries and Legacy of King Tutankhamun
This video provides a fascinating overview of the life and legacy of King Tutankhamun, the young Pharaoh who captured the world's imagination with the discovery of his intact tomb in 1922. Despite enduring speculation and rumors of a...
Curated Video
Florence: History, Art, and Pasta
Florence, Italy:"Then we will travel to the wonderful city of Florence to see the beautiful Ponte Vecchio, which crosses the Arno river and the busy Piazza della Signoria, we will take a walk through the Museum and the tower of the...
Curated Video
Paris: The Louvre, Seine River, and Eiffel Tower
Exploring Paris:In this episode, we'll journey to Paris, where we'll explore some of the city's most iconic landmarks. First, we'll visit the Louvre, one of the world's most renowned museums. Then, we'll embark on a captivating boat ride...
Smarthistory
Looting, collecting, and exhibiting: the Bubon bronzes
Bronze statue of a nude male figure, Greek or Roman, Hellenistic or Imperial, c. 200 B.C.E. - c. 200 C.E. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) ARCHES: At Risk Cultural Heritage Education Series Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe and Dr. Steven...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The hidden worlds within natural history museums - Joshua Drew
When you think of natural history museums, you might picture exhibits filled with ancient lifeless things, like dinosaurs or meteorites. But behind that educational exterior, there are hidden laboratories where scientific breakthroughs...
TED Talks
TED: An underwater art museum, teeming with life | Jason deCaires Taylor
For sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the ocean is more than a muse -- it's an exhibition space and museum. Taylor creates sculptures of human forms and mundane life on land and sinks them to the ocean floor, where they are subsumed by the...
Natural History Museum
Installing the aquarium for Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea | Natural History Museum
Our Coral Reefs: Secret Cities of the Sea exhibition (27 March - 13 September 2015) featured an aquarium containing living corals, molluscs and fish. Watch our time-lapse of its installation by the Horniman Museum and Gardens team in the...
Natural History Museum
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2019 | Natural History Museum
Live from this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards, hosted by Chris Packham - see all the #WPY55 winners revealed, as well as interviews with the photographers and commentary from the studio. Keep up to date with the latest...
National Science and Media Museum
Natalie Kane talks digital design, online culture and memes
Writer, researcher and V&A curator Natalie Kane discusses digital design, online culture and narrative at our Fake News on Trial event. In this one-off event on Monday 22 January 2018, we brought together a panel of special guests to...
National Science and Media Museum
John Lubbock on Wikimedia and Wikipedia
John Lubbock of Wikimedia UK talks about the infrastructure behind Wikipedia at our Fake News on Trial event. In this one-off event on Monday 22 January 2018, we brought together a panel of special guests to debate how museums and news...
Natural History Museum
Unlocking the secrets of coral spawning | Natural History Museum
Witness one of nature's most elusive wonders as Jamie Craggs, Aquarium Curator at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, successfully triggers the mass spawning of corals in captivity. Find out how Jamie and co-workers created the aquarium in...
The British Museum
Who were Ghika, Craxton and Leigh Fermor?
Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, John Craxton and Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor were significant cultural figures of the 20th century. The three first met at the end of the Second World War, becoming lifelong friends and spending much of their...
The Met
Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body
Watch a video preview of the exhibition Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body (1300–Now), on view at The Met Breuer from March 21 through July 22, 2018. Featuring Luke Syson, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Chairman of European Sculpture...
The Met
Nelson A. Rockefeller and His Daughter Mary Morgan on His Collecting
Featured excerpts from Merchants and Masterpieces (1989), The Metropolitan Museum and The Educational Broadcasting Corporation, and Nelson Rockefeller Interview (1969), NBC Universal Archive Still images: Braque collage, The Museum of...
The Met
Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui - Part 3 of 3
Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor, north wing Curator Maxwell Hearn presents an overview of the masterpieces...
The Met
Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui - Part 2 of 3
Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor, north wing Curator Maxwell Hearn presents an overview of the masterpieces...
The Met
Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui - Part 1 of 3
Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717) September 9, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Galleries for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 2nd floor, north wing Curator Maxwell Hearn presents an overview of the masterpieces...
The Met
Friday Focus—At the Vanity: Modern Women and Self-Transformation
Introduction: Jennifer Mock, Assistant Museum Educator, Public and Exhibition Programs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Speaker: Kathy Peiss, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History, University of Pennsylvania....
The Atlantic
Why America Needs a Slavery Museum
The Whitney Plantation near Wallace, Louisiana, is the first and only U.S. museum and memorial to slavery. While other museums may include slavery in their exhibits, the Whitney Plantation is the first of its kind to focus primarily on...