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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Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
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Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’
An 11th-century poem of love, lust and possibly gruesome death still resonates today.
Catalogue
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The British Museum (Natural History) celebrating one hundred years at South Kensington, 1881-1981 / compiled and edited by Anthony P. Harvey.
Date: [1982], ©1982- Ephemera
The louse danger / issued by the British Museum (Natural History) ; [illustrated by] Grace Edwards.
Date: 1918- Books
The Natural History Museum at South Kensington : a history of the British Museum (Natural History), 1753-1980 / William T. Stearn.
Stearn, William T. (William Thomas), 1911-2001.Date: 1981
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The British museum of natural history (South Kensington) / by W.P. Pycraft ... Illustrated by Edwin Noble ... and from photographs.
Pycraft, W. P. (William Plane), 1868-1942.Date: [1910]
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The Natural History Museum, South Kensington: plan, above, and the street elevation, below. Photo-lithograph after M. B. Adams, 1879, after A. Waterhouse.
Date: 1879Reference: 38588i