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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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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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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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Revealing the iron corset

There are around 15 iron corsets in museum collections around the world, including two in Wellcome Collection. Historians still dispute their purpose, but these intriguing objects hold clues about who would have worn them and why.

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  • Greek and Roman surgical instruments, Museum object
  • Museum objects from exhibition-various.1972-3
  • Museum objects from exhibition-various.1972-3
  • Museum objects from exhibition-various.1972-3
  • Museum objects from exhibition-various.1972-3
  • Museum objects from exhibition-various.1972-3
  • Museum objects from exhibition-various.1972-3
  • Museum objects from exhibition-various.1972-3
  • Museum objects from exhibition-various.1972-3
  • Museum objects from exhibition-various.1972-3
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