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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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Coasting to catastrophe
In climate change, everything – and everyone – is connected. The watery process that will gradually cut off the Isle of Thanet from the British mainland has begun, and everyone in the UK needs to pay attention.
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Ayurveda: Knowledge for long life
The story of medicine in India is rich and complex. Aarathi Prasad investigates how it came to be this way.
Catalogue
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Annual report 1993/94 / South Eastern Museums Service.
South Eastern Museums Service.Date: [1994], ©1994- Books
Learning about science and technology in museums / [edited by John Yorath].
Date: 1995- Books
The London museums guide : a guide to over 200 museums / editors: Jemima Johnstone, Fiona Talbott.
Date: 1995- Archives and manuscripts
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Chapter IX: Service in the Field: India and South East Asia Command and ALFSEA [Allied Land Forces South East Asia]
Date: 1942-1945Reference: RAMC/1816/6/1/9Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
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Card index
Date: c.1980sReference: WA/HMM/TR/Ret/APart of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library