Blue glazed faience ‘overseer’ shabtis that has the arms crossed on the chest a worker shabti, with an apron applied to the ...

Dr Melissa Gustin hosts a roundtable discussion about J.M.W. Turner’s relationship to and influence on women artists from the past, present and future.

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Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames. It shows a farmer (posed by the inn keeper) returning home for his meal, while his horse leans ...

'The Kingston Brooch' is the largest known Anglo-Saxon composite brooch. With its fine zoomorphic filigree, narrow bead and twisted-wire rim decoration, inlaid with blue glass, white shell and ...

This painting shows a young boy breaking stones for road mending. This was an unskilled job often given to paupers. The landscape is Box Hill near Dorking, Surrey. The painting seems to reflect the ...

This painting is based on a poem of the same name that Rossetti wrote when he was 19. It tells the story of a woman who died young, leaving her lover behind. The couple prayed they would be reunited ...

The Calderstones (or Calder Stones as they’re historically known) are the fascinating remnants of a Neolithic chambered tomb in Calderstones Park. A recent project by The Reader has conserved the ...

This was the first major painting Hunt made during his first stay in the Holy Land. He had the idea for it while researching Jewish rituals for another painting, 'The Finding of the Saviour in the ...

FIHRM encourages museums that are engaging with sensitive or controversial human rights themes to share ways of working, new thinking and initiatives in a supportive environment.

Extended until September 28 2025 and kids under 12 go free!Immerse yourself in an exhibition that brings together art and science to explore one of nature’s most incredible creatures - the bee.This ...

The Ministry of Food was established in late 1916 “to promote economy and to maintain the food supply of the country”. Britain had been faced with rising food prices and rationing of resources since ...