Stories
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Investigating tear gas – from factory to Black Lives Matter protest – Imani Jacqueline Brown uncovers a toxic legacy where pollution, violence and racism are intimately entwined.
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When the sun goes down
Despite the country’s colonial and industrial dominion, the finest minds of Victorian Britain began to fear the devastating effects of declining natural resources. Even the death of the sun.
Catalogue
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Colonial architecture and sculpture in Peru / Harold E. Wethey.
Wethey, Harold E. (Harold Edwin), 1902-1984Date: 1949- Books
Madness, architecture, and the built environment : psychiatric spaces in historical context / edited by Leslie Topp, James E. Moran, and Jonathan Andrews.
Date: 2007- Books
Childhood, youth and emotions in modern history : national, colonial and global perspectives / edited by Stephanie Olsen, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin.
Date: 2015- Pictures
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North Avenue, Panama: newly paved busy street with carriages, residents and workers; lined with large buildings with balconies. Photograph, 1907.
Date: 1907Reference: 561941i- Pictures
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Colón, Panama: tarmacadamed street with storm sewer; residents shown in houses and on the street, with horse and cart in the foreground. Photograph, 1911.
Date: 1911Reference: 561947i