Museum Secrets is a wonderful show, which reminds me why I enjoy history so much. I am now very much looking forward to seeing the rest of this season’s episodes.
Season 2 of Museum Secrets Premieres this week!
January 10, 2012 By
Join us for a brand new season of Museum Secrets premiering this Thursday, January 12th at 10pm EST/PST!
Seeing and Not Seeing the Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix
December 20, 2011 By
The reliquary was experienced through an orchestrated system of punctuated non-sight, suggesting that experiencing was not about seeing, but believing.
Getty Museum Acquires Rare Late-Medieval German Sculpture
December 6, 2011 By
The Getty Museum were the successful bidders at auction for an extraordinary rare sculpture of St. John the Baptist dating from early 16th-century.
Lewis Chessmen arrive in New York City
November 15, 2011 By
Beginning today, over 30 chessmen from the collection of the British Museum will be shown at The Cloisters until April 22, 2012
Making History: Antiquaries in Britain
November 3, 2011 By
The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College is now presenting the exhibition: Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, which showcases treasures from the Society of Antiquaries of London
Islamic History galleries to reopen at The Met
October 28, 2011 By
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will be reopening 15 new galleries dedicated to the history of Islamic art – one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of this material in the world. The reopening will take place on November 1st and give visitors the chance to see over 1200 works spanning over thirteen […]
A Late Antique Crossbow Fibula in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
October 23, 2011 By
A Late Antique Crossbow Fibula in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Deppert-Lippitz, Barbara Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 35 (2000) Abstract In 1995 The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired a gold brooch of a type generally known as the crossbow fibula (Figures 1, 2).’ At 11.9 centimeters in length (about 411/16 in.), with a weight of 78.4 grams, […]
The Walters Art Museum Removes Copyright Restrictions from more than 10,000 Images
October 4, 2011 By
The Walters Art Museum announces the launch of its redesigned works of art website with the removal of copyright restrictions on more than 10,000 online artwork images through a Creative Commons license . In addition to being able to download these images for free, the site introduces a new look and feel, and enhanced searching, […]
Treasures of the Bodleian exhibition opens today
September 30, 2011 By
The Bodleian Libraries’ autumn exhibition ‘Treasures of the Bodleian’ opens to the public today (Friday 30 September). The exhibition will feature a selection of the Bodleian’s rarest, most important and most evocative items – from ancient papyri to medieval oriental manuscripts to twentieth-century printed books and ephemera. The exhibits are arranged into broad themes: the […]
Getty Museum acquires 13th century Bible
September 7, 2011 By
The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired the Abbey Bible, a 13th-century Italian book that is considered to be an important example of Gothic era illuminated manuscripts. The medieval Bible is named for a previous owner, who was a celebrated collector of Italian manuscripts. Produced for the use of a Dominican monastery, the Abbey Bible […]
“In the Beginning Was the Word”: Medieval Gospel Illumination exhibition at The Getty
September 2, 2011 By
The J. Paul Getty Museum has unveiled its latest exhibition earlier this week, which gives visitors the opportunity to see how the four gospels were seen in the Middle Ages. Drawing primarily from the Getty Museum’s permanent collection, “In the Beginning Was the Word”: Medieval Gospel Illumination, began on August 30th and goes until November […]
Money and Beauty: Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities – new exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi
August 16, 2011 By
Masterpieces by Botticelli, Beato Angelico, Piero del Pollaiolo, the Della Robbia family, Lorenzo di Credi and Memling – the cream of Renaissance artists – show how the modern banking system developed in parallel with the most important artistic flowering in the history of the Western world. Money and Beauty. Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of […]
Staffordshire Hoard is coming to America
August 12, 2011 By
More than one hundred artefacts from the Staffordshire Hoard – the largest and most valuable collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever discovered – will be displayed in Washington D.C. later this year. The exhibition, called ‘Anglo-Saxon Hoard: Gold from England’s Dark Ages’ will be open at the National Geographic Museum from October 29, 2011 to March […]
15th century Tudor House re-opens in Southampton
July 28, 2011 By
Southampton’s rich history is set to come alive once again as the city’s most important historic attraction re-opens its doors to the public after being closed for nearly ten years. Tudor House was built towards the end of the 15th century when Southampton was a very different place. Over the years the building has been […]
Museum of Somerset to reopen with the Frome Hoard
July 14, 2011 By
One of the largest collections of Roman coins ever found, a shrunken head from South America and Judge Jeffreys’ medical bill are a few of the many new exhibits which will be on display at the new Museum of Somerset, opening on Thursday 29 September. For the first time in three years, the Museum of […]
New Byzantine and Roman galleries open at the Royal Ontario Museum
June 30, 2011 By
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, Canada will be opening a new set of permanent galleries tomorrow that will showcase its impressive collection of artifacts from the ancient civilizations of Rome, Byzantium and Nubia. Highlights of the collection include an exceptionally rare Byzantine ciborium (altar canopy) dated to AD 550, a gladiator’s helmet that […]
Viking Pop Culture on Display: The Case of the Horned Helmets
June 25, 2011 By
Never worn by Vikings, this popular cultural icon embodies the disjuncture between scholarly and popular knowledge of the Viking past.
Medieval world comes alive at the Dales Countryside Museum
June 20, 2011 By
Historic happenings aren’t unusual at a museum, but visitors to the Yorkshire Dales National Park in northern England got a little more than they bargained for. A pike drill led by a fully armoured medieval soldier was just one of the activities at the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes to celebrate the fifth birthday of […]
Fashion in the Middle Ages exhibition begins at the Getty
May 30, 2011 By
The J. Paul Getty Museum unveils a new medieval exhibition tomorrow, which will examine what people wore during this period. Fashion in the Middle Ages, on display from May 31 to August 14, 2011, explores how medieval artists used costumes to identify people by profession or to place them in a social hierarchy and at […]
Faces of medieval people revealed at Stirling Castle
May 30, 2011 By
A new exhibition at Stirling Castle in Scotland will bring visitors face to face with knight and lady excavated from its lost royal chapel. Scientific research has revealed that at least five of the medieval people whose skeletons were discovered at Stirling Castle suffered brutally violent deaths. The discovery offers an extraordinarily rare insight into […]
Costumes fit for a King…and a Queen, go on display in York
May 28, 2011 By
If you’ve ever fancied yourself as the next dashing Mr Darcy or Elizabeth Bennett, Barley Hall in York is the place for you. The city’s medieval townhouse, Barley Hall, is host the first public appearance of costumes worn by Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter in the multi-award winning film, The King’s Speech, alongside a whole […]
Stolen 14th-century Italian painting found in the United States
May 24, 2011 By
A 14th-century triptych painting, which was stolen from an Italian villa nearly 40 years ago, has been found in a museum in Kentucky. US government officials announced yesterday that the art piece, a three-panel wooden triptych, which depicts the Virgin Mary with Child, was found at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, will be returned […]
Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands – new exhibition at The Morgan Library and Museum
May 21, 2011 By
Medieval fashion, as seen in the manuscripts and early printed books from the Later Middle Ages, is the subject of a new exhibition at The Morgan Library and Museum entitled Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands. The exhibition, which opened yesterday, includes more than 50 works of Northern European […]
Museum to reveal treasures of Anglo-Saxon princess
May 5, 2011 By
A stunning collection of 7th century treasure, shedding light on the extraordinary life of an Anglo-Saxon princess, is set to be revealed to the public for the first time. The astonishing artefacts – found in Loftus, East Cleveland, between 2005 and 2007 at the only known Anglo-Saxon royal burial site in North-East England – have […]
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