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The 1851 Great Exhibition was held in the purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, to showcase the latest developments in engineering, science, and the arts, as well as objects of cultural significance from Britain and abroad. Running...

The SS Great Eastern was a steam-powered ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) which sailed on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in June 1860. At the time, it was by far the largest passenger ship ever built, a record...

An illustration by J. McNeven showing a section of the interior (the Grand Entrance) of the Crystal Palace in London which hosted the Great Exhibition of 1851. Printed by Ackermann & Co., 1851. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Historian Bill Walker takes us on a virtual tour of sites around Chorley related to the history of Myles Standish and his heritage and legacy. Due to current restrictions, a physical Myles Standish exhibition has not been possible...

The SS Great Britain was a steam-powered ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) which sailed on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York in May 1845. It was the largest passenger ship in the world at the time and showed...

The naked rear of a female figure. On display as part of the 2018 CE exhibition 'Naked! The Art of Nudity' at the Antikenmuseum, Basel, Switzerland. © Ruedi Habegger, Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

An 1873 painting in oils, The House of the Hanged Man, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. A work which shows, through the dab-like brushwork, the influence of Cézanne's longtime associate Camille Pisarro, as...

The first comprehensive survey of Sri Lankan art organized by an American museum, The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka, on show now at the LACMA in Los Angeles, California, presents some 250 works addressing nearly two millennia of Sri Lankan...

A print of an original watercolour by Joseph Nash showing a section of the Indian Hall in the Crystal Palace of the Great Exhibition of 1851. (British Library, London)

An illustration by Louis Haghe showing Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901) opening the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)