The world’s first museum dedicated to growing up celebrates Britain’s pioneering role in youth culture and self-expression Calling all former New Romantics, punks, Mods and Rockers: Britain’s first museum devoted to youth culture needs you to turn out your cupboards, retrieve photos of your youthful selves and send them in. Don’t worry about how wacky […]
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Rebecca Wallersteiner explores ‘Voyages, the Science Museum’s haunting new maritime photography exhibition which creates epic drama from historic model ships Marcel Proust wrote, ‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.’ Voyages, a new exhibition which is being shown at the Science Museum, in Kensington until 25th […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner meets 100 Robots at the Science Museum’s major new exhibition which explores humanities 500 year quest to recreate ourselves in mechanized form. How long ago do you think the first robot was made? 50 years ago? 50? 100? Think again. In reality the history of robots goes back at least 500 years. ‘Robots’ […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner Reviews Flora, Botanist Dr Sandra Knapp’s exquisitely illustrated new book explores the history and health-giving properties of plants and the intrepid explorers who discovered them In her beautifully written new book Flora, botanist Dr Sandra Knapp draws on the rich archives of the Natural History Museum to illustrate the history and health-giving properties of […]
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Rebecca Wallersteiner visits a new art exhibition at the Sigmund Freud Museum, London which celebrates 160 years since the birth of the father of psychoanalysis and his complex family life 160 years after Sigmund Freud’s birth, today’s artists still remain fascinated by the father of psychoanalysis. From 30th September, The Freud Museum, London, will launch […]
On 29th June, a new exhibition ‘Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care’ opened at the Science Museum, London marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care draws from the museum’s collections to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and explores the remarkable medical innovations in […]