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How to play in a museum

Some museums create games for visitors to play. In others, if you’re creative and inquisitive, you can make up your own. Find out how a game can give you a different perspective on art and objects.

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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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A nose through Blythe House

Recently sold and emptied out, Blythe House was once one of the UK’s biggest museum storage facilities. Here, museum worker Laura Humphreys reflects on her relationship with the store’s architecture, objects and aromas.

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A virtual view of history

Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.

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  • Trinity College Museums, Dublin, Ireland. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after B. Sly after Deane and Woodward.
  • The doorway of Trinity College Museums with printed text and floor plans, Dublin, Ireland. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1854, after B. Sly.
  • Picture storage racks at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Mobile picture racks, from City of Liverpool Libraries, Museums and Arts Committee. Annual Reports, 1956.
  • Design for museums at south Kensington. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after R. Kerr, 1864.
  • [Leaflet about the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C., its history and its museums areas].
  • [Leaflet about the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C., its history and its museums areas].
  • [Leaflet about the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C., its history and its museums areas].
  • [Leaflet about the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C., its history and its museums areas].
  • Design for museums at south Kensington. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after B. Sly after F. Fowke, 1864.
  • Design for museums at south Kensington. Wood engraving by J. S. Heaviside after B. Sly after R. Kerr, 1864.
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Don’t Fade Away

Viewing Room
Past

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  • Youth event

Insect Taxidermy

The Studio
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  • Study day
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Bodies of Knowledge

The Studio
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Part of Study Days

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