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  1. British Commercial Vehicle Museum

    coord 53.6947 2.6926 display title region GB scale 2000 The British Commercial Vehicle Museum displays antiquarian bus es, early Fire engines and other historical and commercial vehicles produced by the Manufacturing in the United Kingdom British manufacturing industry . The museum is located in King Street, Leyland, Lancashire on a site previously occupied by the Leyland Motors factory, the source of many exhibits. Funding methods include the admission charges and membership tickets. Shortfalls must be funded by the sale of exhibits. ref BCVM http www.bcvm.co.uk prices.htm admission ref Events include the Classic & Vintage Ford Day Vintage car Vintage Motor Scooter Day and the Meccano , Dinky Toys Dinky & Hornby Railways Hornby Exhibition Event. Exhibits Exhibits include the purpose built Popemobile from the Pastoral trip of Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom in 1982. ref name BBC4 BBC Four , Behind the Scenes at the Museum 1. Commercial Vehicle Museum 7 30pm Tuesday 18th May 2010 ref The 24 ton armour plated vehicle was built for the visit by British Leyland . ref Scots Popemobile to go on eBay for Pounds 1m , The Sunday Times May 15, 2005 ref Other exhibits that have been displayed include a 1922 12hp Star Motor Company vehicle and a Leyland Tiger Cub , lorries and a Steam tractor ref name BBC4 References reflist External links http bcvm.co.uk British Commercial Vehicle Museum http www.culture24.org.uk am18605 Entry in the 24 Hour Museum http www.lancashire.gov.uk corporate web view.asp?siteid 2856&pageid 4946&e e Local government information Category Automobile museums in England Category Museums in Lancashire Category Bus museums in England Category Industry museums in the United Kingdom Category Buildings and structures in South Ribble UK museum stub ...   more details



  1. British Museum Act 1767

    Infobox UK legislation short title The British Museum Act 1767 ref The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 . Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19 2 of the Interpretation Act 1978 . ref parliament Parliament of Great Britain long title An Act to enable the Trustees of the British Museum to exchange, sell or dispose of any Duplicates of printed Books, Medals, Coins or other Curiosities, and for laying out the Money arising by such sale in the Purchase of other things that may be wanting in or proper for the said Museum. ref These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed Title . ref year 1767 statute book chapter 7 Geo 3 c 18 introduced by territorial extent royal assent commencement repeal date amendments related legislation repealing legislation status Repealed original text legislation history revised text The British Museum Act 1767 7 Geo 3 c 18 was an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom Act of the Parliament of Great Britain . The whole Act was repealed by section 13 5 of, and http www.legislation.gov.uk ukpga 1963 24 schedule FOURTH enacted Schedule 4 to, the British Museum Act 1963 . See also British Museum Act References Halsbury s Statutes , Reflist UK legislation statute stub UK law stub Category Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1767 ...   more details



  1. British Columbia Aviation Museum

    Infobox museum name British Columbia Aviation Museum image Spitfire Replica.jpg imagesize 200 caption Replica Supermarine Spitfire . alt map type map caption map alt latitude 48.641 longitude 123.419 coordinates type type landmark scale 2000 region CA established 1985 dissolved location Victoria International Airport type Aviation museum collection visitors director president curator publictransit network website http www.bcam.net The British Columbia Aviation Museum is located in Sidney, British Columbia Sidney , Greater Victoria , British Columbia , Canada . It is on the grounds of the Victoria International Airport at 1910 Norseman Road on the north edge of the airport. ref cite web title Frommer s Review url http www.frommers.com destinations victoria A22137.html publisher Frommer s accessdate 27 May 2011 ref The Museum consists of a display area spread over two hangars, a classroom, a restoration workshop and a gift shop. Displays include historical civilian and military artefacts ... Blenheim IV at the British Columbia Aviation Museum, Victoria, British Columbia . The museum s aircraft ... museum aircraft.html title Aircraft on Display at the BC Aviation Museum accessdate 28 May 2011 last British Columbia Aviation Museum authorlink year 2011 ref ref name Engines Cite web url http www.bcam.net bc aviation museum engines.html title Engines on Display at the BC Aviation Museum accessdate 28 May 2011 last British Columbia Aviation Museum authorlink year 2008 ref col begin col break Aircraft ... www.bcam.net index.htm British Columbia Aviation Museum Website Commons category inline British Columbia Aviation Museum Canadian Aviation Museums Aviation lists Category Aerospace museums in British Columbia Category Museums in British Columbia Victoria Category Greater Victoria, British Columbia ... discover bc museums bc aviation museum discover bc aviation museum.htm BC Museums accessdate 27 May 2011 ref Aircraft are displayed and museum volunteers are constantly working on restoring new ...   more details



  1. The British Museum Is Falling Down

    Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The British Museum Is Falling Down title orig translator image File TheBritishMuseumIsFallingDown.jpg 180px image caption 1st edition author David Lodge author David Lodge illustrator cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English publisher Macgibbon Kee series subject The British Museum Is Falling Down 1965 in literature 1965 is a comic novel by United Kingdom British author David Lodge author David Lodge about a 25 year old poverty stricken student of English literature who, rather than work on his thesis entitled The Structure of Long Sentences in Three Modern English Novels in the British Museum Reading Room reading room of the British Museum , is time and again distracted from his work and who gets into all kinds of trouble instead. Summary Set in Swinging London , the novel describes one day in the life of Adam Appleby, who lives in constant fear that his wife might be pregnancy pregnant again with a fourth child. As Catholicism Catholics , they are denied any form of contraception and have to play Natural family planning Vatican roulette instead. Adam and Barbara have three children Clare, Dominic, and Edward their friends ask if they intend working through the whole alphabet . In the course of only one busy day, several chances to make some money present themselves to Adam. For example, he is offered the opportunity to edit a deceased scholar s unpublished manuscript s however, when he eventually has a look at them, he feels uncomfortable realizing that the man s writings ... Lodge Afterword 1980 . The British Museum Is Falling Down Penguin Books , 1983 , p.171. ref Footnotes reflist DEFAULTSORT British Museum Is Falling Down, The Category 1965 novels Category Novels by David Lodge Category British Museum Category Books set within one day Category Museums in popular culture Category Novels set in London fr La Chute du British Museum ...   more details



  1. British Museum Department of Asia

    from the Neolithic age up to the present. ref cite web url http www.britishmuseum.org the museum departments asia.aspx title British Museum Asia accessdate 2008 01 20 ref The collection formerly .... ref cite web url http www.britishmuseum.org the museum departments asia history of the collection.aspx title British Museum History of the collection accessdate 2008 01 20 ref Highlights of the collection ... coins, and the museum also has a large collection of Chinese coins housed in the British Museum Department ... exhibition of contemporary graphics. The British Museum is actively collecting 20th century material ... www.britishmuseum.org the museum departments asia galleries.aspx British Museum Asia galleries ref ... tea ceremony wares. gallery Image BrMus Japan.JPG British Museum, Japanese section Samurai armour Image BrMus Japan1.JPG British Museum, Japanese section Boddhisattva gallery Korea collection The Korea Foundation Gallery houses the museum s collection of Korean art and History of Korea archaeology ... Department of Asia, British Museum Department of Asia, British Museum http www.britishmuseum.org the museum ... middle east room 34 the islamic world.aspx British Museum Room 34 The Islamic world Strictly no longer ... British Museum Room 67 Korea http www.britishmuseum.org explore galleries asia rooms 92 94 japan.aspx British Museum Rooms 92 94 Japan British Museum Category British Museum Asia Category Asian ... Amaravati . ref http www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk explore galleries asia room 33a amaravati.aspx British Museum Room 33a Amaravati ref An outstanding collection of Chinese art and antiquities, paintings ... Most of the Department of Asia is located in the northern section of the museum. It is split ..., the Sir Percival David Collection gallery Islam collection The John Addis gallery room 34 houses the museum ...   more details



  1. British Schools Museum

    Image hitchinschools1.jpg thumb The British Schools Museum in Hitchin. The British Schools Museum is an educational museum based in original Edwardian era Edwardian and Victorian era Victorian school buildings in Hitchin in Hertfordshire , England . ref http www.culture24.org.uk am19731 British Schools Museum , Culture 24 , UK. ref The museum complex is made up of Grade II listed school buildings housing infants, girls and boys schools with houses for Master and Mistress. ref http www.ukschoolmuseumsgroup.org.uk index.php?option com content&task view&id 5&Itemid 15 British Schools Museum , http www.ukschoolmuseumsgroup.org.uk UK School Museums Group , UK. ref It includes a Bell Lancaster method ... Grey, a local educational historian , opened a small museum in one of the Edwardian era Edwardian ... up for sale. The Hitchin British Schools Trust was formed and by 1994 were successful in purchasing ... to reflect their original condition, and work continues to improve them. The museum is visited ... Just William at Hitchin. See also British and Foreign School Society List of museums in Hertfordshire References reflist Further reading Fiona Dodwell. Hitchin British Schools A History of the Buildings . Published by Hitchin British Schools Trust 1999. Jacky Birch, Scilla Douglas, Pauline Humphries ... Boys British Schools 1810 1929 . Published by the Hitchin British Schools Trust 2008. External links http www.britishschoolsmuseum.co.uk The British Schools Museum website http www.bbc.co.uk ww2peopleswar user 42 u1452442.shtml The Museum on the BBC People s War website http www.hertsdirect.org comdirectory comvol herit2y htmus3y locmus 878144 The Museum on the Hertfordshire County Council website http www.hitchin.angle.uk.com attractions britschmus.html The Museum on the Hitchin Attractions website http www.museums.co.uk companydetails.asp?Companys Museum 7C6806&Location hertfordshire&Radius &CompanyType 0&Page 1&keyword The Museum on the MuseumNet website coord 51 56 46 N 0 16 33 W display ...   more details



  1. Secretum (British Museum)

    culture Category Collections of museums in the United Kingdom Category British Museum Museum stub ...The Secretum was a name given to Cupboard 55 in the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities at the British Museum , London . It previously contained the collection of ancient erotica given to the museum by George Witt 1804 1869 , physician and collector of phallic antiquities. Inaccessible by the public, it was a repository for exhibits of an erotic nature. ref name Petrides2009 cite book last Petrides first Olivia title Anthem Guide to the Art Galleries and Museums of Europe url http books.google.com books?id U3HNmJFxyFwC&pg PA321 accessdate 17 October 2010 date March 2009 publisher Anthem Press isbn 9781843312734 page 321 authormask trans title format origyear oclc doi bibcode id quote laysummary laydate ref All the objects previously held in the Secretum have now been integrated into their respective cultural collections though claiming to be from ancient cultures, many of them were in fact Victorian fakes and so are now kept off display for this reason rather than for their obscenity , and the museum s attitudes to material previously deemed to be obscene has now changed, as shown by the Warren Cup . Appearances in popular culture The Secretum may be the inspiration for the secret annexe of the British Museum, the base of operations for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in the eponymous series of comics. Exhibits there include a yahoo literature yahoo skull from Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels and statues labelled Cult of Ayesha novel Ayesha from H. Rider Haggard s She novel She , continuing the high game of literary allusions throughout the series. See also Secret Museum, Naples References Reflist cite journal last Gaimster first David title Sex and Sensibility at the British Museum journal History Today volume 50 issue 9 pages 10 15 publisher History Today month September year 2000 url http www.historytoday.com dt main allatonce.asp?gid 10989&aid &tgid ...   more details



  1. British Museum leather dressing

    British Museum Leather Dressing has been used by many conservators since its publication ref Plenderleith, 1946 ref ref cite book title The conservation of antiquities and works of art last Plenderleith first H. coauthors A. Werner year 1971 edition 2nd publisher Oxford University Press location London ref Plenderleith, 1971 ref to protect and conserve leather. Use Leather dressings are applied as lubricant s to leather , particularly items that are in use, rather than on static display. They are beneficial when a leather item has lost its flexibility, or when it must be protected from future variations in humidity. Lubricants should be avoided for leather unless necessary. An excess of them may attract airborne dust or even moulds. If the item does not need to be flexible, then there is rarely a need to lubricate it. An excess of lubricant may actually act to seal the surface and repel moisture, causing the leather to dry out even further. There is certainly no need to feed leather it is already dead. If the requirement is to improve the surface appearance alone, a wax treatment such as Renaissance Wax may be more appropriate. Most lubricants will darken the leather. Formulation The basic formulation is 200 g anhydrous lanolin 30 ml cedar oil acts as a fungicide 15 g beeswax optional 330 ml X 4 solvent or hexane solvent The first three ingredients are mixed warm, then added to the cold solvent and allowed to cool while constantly stirring. ref name Amol cite web url http archive.amol.org.au ... In Use The British Museum Leather Dressing was part of an elaborate leather conservation programme ... part British Museum Leather Dressing three parts Stoddard solvent . ref name TAMU cite web url http nautarch.tamu.edu class anth605 File7.htm British 20Museum 20Leather 20Dressing 20Treatment title ... 2007 04 27 ref British Museum Leather Dressing darkens leather, but it is a treatment with a good success record. ref name Amol ref name TAMU References reflist leather Category British Museum Leather ...   more details



  1. List of films shot at the British Museum

    File British Museum reading room.jpg thumb The Reading Room in the British Museum as it appeared in 2004 .... The following is a list of films featuring the British Museum in the plot line, and or with scenes ... belonging to the British Museum are stolen. A man called Wakefield is killed after trying to capture ... 1929 film Blackmail 1929 Blackmail features a chase scene around the British Museum, although .... The last shot of the film is the dome of the British Museum Reading Room Reading Room . ref http ... a secret fictitious tunnel from Bloomsbury underground station clearly modelled on the British Museum tube station British Museum underground station which closed in September 1933, not long before this film was made to the Egyptian room at the Museum. The film features the British Museum in the story ..., Phaedra meets her stepson for the first time in the British Museum s Duveen Gallery where ... and villain takes place in the British Museum library reading room. ref name FrankGreenaway2007 citation ... at the British Museum reading room. ref name Sinyard2003 citation last Sinyard first Neil year 2003 ... uses of museum collections publisher Butterworth Heinemann isbn 9780750664721 page 109 ref A British ... Aaron Eckhart is an American scholar working at the British Museum as a research assistant to Professor ... Room in the British Museum, ref http www.britishmuseum.org the museum business services film and radio arched room.aspx British Museum The Arched Room ref Roland discovers two drafts of what ... British Museum tube station Bulldog Jack 1935 Death Line Death Line 1972 References reflist colwidth 30em See also List of films shot at the Palace of Versailles British Museum Category Lists of films by setting Category British Museum Category London related lists Films shot at the British ... ref Tale of the Mummy Tale of the Mummy 1998 The Mummy Returns The Mummy Returns 2001 The British Museum is the new home for Imhotep. ref http www.imdb.com title tt0209163 locations IMDb The Mummy ...   more details



  1. British Museum (No. 2) Act 1824

    Infobox UK legislation short title The British Museum No. 2 Act 1824 ref The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 . Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19 2 of the Interpretation Act 1978 . ref parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom long title An Act to carry into Effect the Will of Richard Payne Knight Esquire, so far as the same relates to a Bequest by the said Richard Payne Knight of a Collection of Coins, Medals and other valuable Articles, to the British Museum and to vest the said Collection in the Trustees of the British Museum Trustees of the said British Museum, for the Use of the Public. ref These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed Title . ref year 1824 statute book chapter 5 Geo 4 c 60 introduced by territorial extent royal assent commencement repeal date amendments related legislation repealing legislation status Repealed original text legislation history revised text The British Museum No. 2 Act 1824 5 Geo 4 c 60 was an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The whole Act was repealed by section 13 5 of, and http www.legislation.gov.uk ukpga 1963 24 schedule FOURTH enacted Schedule 4 to, the British Museum Act 1963 . See also British Museum Act References Halsbury s Statutes , Reflist UK legislation statute stub UK law stub Category United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1824 ...   more details



  1. The British Museum Library: a Short History and Survey

    The British Museum Library a Short History and Survey is a book by Arundell Esdaile ref http lis.sagepub.com ... manuals . Esdaile s book serves as a historical survey of the British Museum Library when the museum ... of the institution, from 1753 to 1945. ref Esdaile, Arundell. The British Museum Library a Short History ... of Magdalen College, Cambridge and entered the British Museum in 1903 as an employee of the Department of Printed Books. He served as the Museum s Secretary from 1926 1940. While he was not a librarian ... , National Libraries of the World 1934 , The British Museum Library A Short History 1946 . ref Engelbarts ... As Esdaile writes, blockquote an adequate history and description of the British Museum would require ... and the tale of their gathering in a word, to be readable. ref Esdaile, Arundell. The British Museum ... of this book conform to the binding economy standard. ref Esdaile, Arundell. The British Museum ... of this book represents one of the bronze lions, designed for the British Museum by Alfred Stevens ... G. Kenyon was the director and principal librarian of the British Museum Library in the early 20th century. His introduction explains the accomplishment of writing about the lengthy history of the British Museum Library, something that had not, as of the publication date been done before. Part ... Syriac Manuscripts The printed books The Catalogue Royal Commission on the British Museum The Royal ... Museum Library. The Staff a Note. The Report and Quarterly ref Esdaile, Arundell. The British Museum ... Esdaile, Arundell. The British Museum Library a Short History and Survey . London George Allen ... only of the Bloomsbury building and not the Kensington Natural History Museum Natural History branch . This history is only current up until the publishing date, 1946. ref Esdaile, Arundell. The British Museum Library a Short History and Survey . London George Allen & Unwin, 1946. ref For librarians ... the Museum. Editor s Note on seventh leaf The contents of Esdaile s book are as follows chapter name ...   more details



  1. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British

    1870 and 1883, with the assistance of Edward Hawkins, Keeper of Antiquities for the British Museum ... Notes Reflist 30em References http www.britishmuseum.org pdf British 20Satirical 20Prints.pdf British Museum PDF External links http www.britishmuseum.org research search the collection database.aspx On line catalogue Category 1870 books Category Catalogues Category Caricature Category British Museum ... of British satire. Limitations The BM Satires does not include prints acquired since the publication ...   more details



  1. Museum

    &langue 1 ref the British Museum in London , was founded in 1753 and opened to the public in 1759. ref ... for the British Museum s collection. ref name BM the Uffizi Uffizi Gallery in Florence , which had ... visitors to the British Museum had to apply in writing for admission. Even by 1800 it was possible ... to the public. Another early public museum was the British Museum in London, which opened to the public ... title The history of the British Museum accessdate 2008 04 05 work British Museum ref It was a universal ..., Director of the British Museum, are two of the most outspoken museum professionals who support encyclopedic ...Other uses Image Louvre at night centered.jpg thumb right The Mus e du Louvre Louvre Museum in Paris , one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. Image British Museum from NE 2.JPG thumb right The British Museum in London Image Uffizi Gallery, Florence.jpg thumb right The Uffizi Uffizi Gallery , the most visited museum in Italy and one of most important in the world. View toward the Palazzo Vecchio , in Florence . A museum is an institution that Preservation library and archival science cares for a collection museum collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific , artistic ... of three dimensional specimens and artifacts to expand to include Virtual museum virtual exhibits ... with Internet connectivity. Etymology The English museum comes from the Latin word, and is pluralized ... first Paula authorlink coauthors year 1989 month title The Museum its classical etymology and renaissance ... 04 05 work Tour Egypt ref The first museum library is considered to be the one of Plato in Athens ..., Pausanias gives another place called Museum , namely a small hill in Classical Athens opposite ... thumb Hampton Court Palace, the great gatehouse. Museum purposes change from institution ... www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca english index.cfm Canada Science and Technology Museum favored ... exhibit featured a historic printing press that a staff member used for visitors to create museum ...   more details



  1. The Museum

    For the contemporary Christian band The Museum band The Museum is United Kingdom British television documentary series. It is a behind the scenes look at the British Museum , narrated by Ian McMillan poet Ian McMillan and first broadcast on BBC Two on Thursdays at 7.30pm from 10th May 2007 . It is produced by BBC Wales . It is in 10 half hour parts. http www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk whatson events bbc.html There is an accompanying hardback book by Rupert Smith. Crew Producer Directors Chris Rushton, Anthony Holland Assistant Producer Andrew Tait Researcher Mish Evans Technical Assistant Tom Swingler Production Manager Ellen Davies Executive Producer Sam Organ Series Producer Judith Bunting Episode guide class wikitable Date of first transmission Title BBC summary style text align center 10 May style text align center Taking Care of the Past A behind the scenes look at the Museum s busy Conservation Department as they treat the Hellenistic bronze sculpture of a youth, affectionately known as Charlie , and restore some of the finest Art of Ancient Egypt ancient Egyptian wall paintings from ... Cook says, without this stone tool, we wouldn t have our mobile telephone mobiles . British Museum DEFAULTSORT Museum Category BBC television documentaries on history Category British Museum Category 2007 British television programme debuts Category 2007 British television programme endings ... remains in the Museum s collection, including the Lindow Man and mummy Mummies in ancient Egypt mummies ... align center 24 May style text align center The BM Goes East We head east to China to see the Museum ... Drawings exhibition with curator Hugo Chapman and a look at how the Museum handles over 5 million visitors ... center Shopping for Posterity How the Museum uses limited funds to acquire new objects to complement ... taking place across the Museum and how to unravel the mysteries of the past, from the decoding of symbols ... The extensive work of the Museum within the community, following the creation of an image of the goddess ...   more details



  1. .museum

    Use dmy dates date February 2012 Infobox Top level domain name museum background FCC image Image Dotmuseum.png 250px .museum The most interesting museums in the world. All connected in a single dot. introduced 2001 type Sponsored top level domain status Active registry Museum Domain Management Association sponsor Museum Domain Management Association set up by International Council of Museums intendeduse ... were allowed document http www.icann.org tlds agreements museum ICANN registry agreement disputepolicy ... yes museum is a sponsored top level domain sTLD in the Domain Name System of the Internet used exclusively by museums, museum associations, and individual members of the museum profession, as these groups ... mw2001 papers hamma hamma.html title A Top Level Museum Domain publisher Archives & Museum Informatics ... and Hamma, Kenneth ref In joint action with the J. Paul Getty Trust , ICOM established the Museum .... ref http www.icann.org tlds agreements museum The .museum Sponsorship Agreement , ICANN . ref The tt museum tt domain was entered into the DNS root on 20 October 2001, and was the first sponsored ... by the museum community. The tt museum tt TLD grants users a quick and intuitive way to verify the authenticity of a museum site. Conversely, since it is a type of formal third party certification ... to the eligibility requirements specified in the tt museum tt charter, a number of naming conventions ... domain names IDNs in .museum Introduction , http about.museum about.museum . ref Registration are processed via accredited registrars. ref http about.museum registrars List of .museum accredited registrars ... .museum website http about.museum policy.html .museum policies http index.museum Index of names in .museum http musedoma.museum MuseDoma website GTLD DEFAULTSORT Museum Category 2001 introductions Category Sponsored top level domains MUSEUM Category Virtual museums Category International Council of Museums Category Museum informatics compu domain stub ca .museum cs .museum da .museum es .museum eu ...   more details



  1. British

    Wiktionary British The word British is an adjective referring in various ways to the United Kingdom or the island of Great Britain and its people and language. People British people , Britons, or Brits, subjects of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants Britons historical , ancient Celtic inhabitants of the island of Great Britain south of the Firth of Forth. British nationality law , which governs the citizens of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the British Crown dependencies Language British English , the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom British language Celtic , also known as Brythonic, the ancient Celtic language once spoken in Britain, ancestral to Welsh, Cornish and Breton Geography British Isles , an archipelago in north western Europe British Islands , a legal term describing the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, collectively British Empire historical , the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom when it was an imperial power British Commonwealth , an organisation of member states mostly from the former British Empire Other British cuisine British Airways , flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom See also Alternative words for British Britain disambiguation Britishness disambiguation bn ca Brit nic da Britisk mr ms British my pt Brit nico ru sk Britsk sv Brittisk ...   more details



  1. Regimental museum

    unreferenced date January 2010 In countries whose armies are organised on a regimental basis, such as the British Army army of the United Kingdom , a regimental museum is a Category Military and war museums military museum dedicated to the history of a specific army regiment . List of regimental museums in the UK England Army Medical Services Museum Green Howards Regimental Museum Keep Military Museum Museum of Lancashire Northumberland Fusiliers Museum Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum Queen s Lancashire Regiment Museum The Queen s Own Hussars Museum The Queen s Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum Royal Engineers Museum Royal Green Jackets Museum Royal Logistic Corps Museum Royal Marines Museum Royal Signals Museum Somerset Military Museum Scotland Gordon Highlanders Museum Wales Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum br DEFAULTSORT Regimental Museum Category Regimental museums in England Category Regimental museums in Scotland Category Regimental museums in Wales Category Regimental museums in the United Kingdom Category Types of museum Category Lists of museums Category Military and war museums Category Regimental museums ...   more details



  1. Museum of Vancouver

    infobox Museum name Museum of Vancouver image Van museum space centre.jpg established 1894 location Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada type director curator visitors website http www.museumofvancouver.ca www.museumofvancouver.ca Image Vancouver The Crab.jpg thumb right 220px Museum of Vancouver collection The Crab The Museum of Vancouver MOV formerly the Vancouver Museum is a local museum located in Vanier Park, Vancouver , British Columbia . The MOV is the largest civic museum in Canada . The museum was founded in 1894 and recently went through a major re visioning process in 2008. It shares facilities with the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre . History The museum was founded by the Art, Historical, and Scientific Association of Vancouver, which formed on April 17, 1894, with the object of cultivating a taste for the beauties and refinements in life. ref http www.vanmuseum.bc.ca about aboutus.aspx Our detailed History, Museum of Vancouver online . ref The society collected curios and artifacts and displayed them in various locations until the museum opened in its first permanent location ... as part of Canada s centennial in 1967. In 1968, the museum re opened as the Centennial Museum. In 1981 the museum was again renamed the Vancouver Museum, and there was an effort to renew permanent exhibition galleries. In spring of 2009, the museum became the Museum of Vancouver, due in large part ... the story of the city in new and unique voices. The Museum is affiliated with Canadian Museums Association CMA , Canadian Heritage Information Network CHIN , and Virtual Museum of Canada . Collection The museum includes in its collection artifacts collected from around the world by Vancouver residents ... by local middle and upper class women chronicling their travels throughout the British Empire . References Reflist External links http www.museumofvancouver.ca Museum of Vancouver s official website ... Museum ja ru ...   more details



  1. Postal museum

    Postmuseum Stockholm United Kingdom Bath Postal Museum The British Postal Museum & Archive Colne ... system ref cite web publisher Smithsonian National Postal Museum url http www.postalmuseum.si.edu resources ... Museum , Cairo Ethiopia Ethiopia National Postal Museum, Addis Ababa Kenya German Postal Museum, Lamu Mauritius National Postal Museum Morocco http www.morocco.com culture museums postal Morocco Postal Museum South Africa http www.sapo.co.za philately museum 20intro.html South African Post Office Museum Americas Canada Canadian Postal Museum Cuba http www.webhavana.com en cuban postal museum.html Cuban Postal Museum Guatemala http www.museoscentroamericanos.net guatemala museos museos privados filatelico.html Guatemalan Postal & Philatelic Museum United States of America Smithsonian National Postal Museum http www.marshallmich.com history PostalMuseum.shtml US Postal Museum , Marshall, Michigan second largest postal museum in U.S. ref cite news url http www.freep.com article 20110320 NEWS06 103200427 You haven t lived here until You snail mail yourself Marshall postal museum title You haven t lived here until ... You snail mail yourself to the Marshall postal museum date Mar 20, 2011 ... The Delphos Museum of Postal History , originally at 127 N Main St, Delphos, Ohio Florida Postal Museum Asia China http www.cyzypm.com China National Postal and Stamp Museum General Post Office Building, Shanghai Shanghai Postal Museum Indonesia http filateli.wasantara.net.id NewTemp Museum.htm Indonesian Stamp Museum Japan http www.teipark.jp e digital.html Japan Postal Museum Singapore http www.spm.org.sg Singapore Philatelic Museum South Korea http www.postmuseum.go.kr Postal Museum of Korea , Cheonan, Chungcheongnam do Postal Memorial, Jongno gu, Seoul Sri Lanka National Postal Museum, Colombo Pakistan Siddiqui Philatelic Museum, 22 J Z Madina Town, Faisalabad Citation ... Postal Museum http www.post.gov.tw post internet y postmuseum emsu visitor all.htm Chunghwa Postal ...   more details



  1. Mclean Museum

    collection and exhibitions of Scottish and British artwork. Visiting the Museum The Museum is open ...File GreenockMcLeanMuseum.JPG thumb McLean Museum s north face The Mclean Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery situated in Greenock , Inverclyde . It is the main museum in the Inverclyde ... museum and art gallery title Inverclyde Council McLean Museum and Art Gallery publisher Inverclyde.gov.uk ... of United Kingdom British & Scotland Scottish art . ref name museumsgalleriesscotland1 cite web url http www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk member mclean museum and art gallery collections title McLean Museum and Art Gallery publisher Museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk date accessdate 2012 04 17 ref The museum is located on Kelly Street, in the Greenock West area, nearby the Ardgowan Tennis Club and Cedars School of Excellence History The Museum originates to the Greenock Philosophical Society s burgeoning collection of artificial and natural curiosities which became a museum in 1816 as branch .... ref cite web url http www.inverclyde.gov.uk community life and leisure mclean museum and art gallery museum history title Inverclyde Council Gallery Museum History publisher Inverclyde.gov.uk date ... in the museum s collection in the hope of receiving donations. In 1863 work began on building a lecture hall and museum building, funded by local timber merchant James Mclean, who was also a member ... title McLean Museum & Art Gallery About the Museum publisher Digitalrecollections.co.uk date 2009 ... and inspect the Museum s contents , later dying in January of the next year. Thomas Struthers, a geologist and naturalist from Glasgow was the Museum s first curator . In its early years the Museum was loaned items from other museums, such as Royal Albert Memorial Museum the Albert Museum and National .... Collections There is range of collections and exhibitions in the Museum. Until 1914 the Mclean Museum received continuing donation from the Egypt Exploration Society , which provided the Museum ...   more details



  1. Rockefeller Museum

    , Boris Schatz envisaged a museum and university that would overlook the Temple Mount . In 1919, British Mandate authorities designated the site for an archaeological museum. ref name imj.org.il http www.imj.org.il rockefeller eng index.html West Meets East The Story of Rockefeller Museum ref Visiting Palestine in 1925, during the days of the British Mandate, James Henry Breasted , founder and director ..., one from the British Museum, one from the French National Academy, one from the French Ministry of Foreign ...Infobox museum name Rockefeller Museum native name native name lang image Rockefeller Museum Jan2010.jpg imagesize 250 caption Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem alt map type map caption map alt latitude longitude ... 27 Sultan Suleiman, Jerusalem type Archaeology museum collection visitors director president curator ... 15160&bsp 14162 Rockefeller Archaeological Museum File Founding of the Rockefeller Museum.jpg thumb 250px Cornerstone laying of Rockefeller museum The Rockefeller Museum , formerly the Palestine Archaeological Museum , ref cite web last Baruch first Yuval title Historic Background url http www.antiquities.org.il article Item eng.asp?sec id 39&subj id 156&id 155&module id 12 as work Rockefeller Museum The Museum and its Exhibitions publisher Israel Antiquities Authority coauthors Rachel Kudish Vashdi ref is an archaeology archaeological museum located in East Jerusalem ref name rm cite web title Rockefeller Archaeological Museum url http www.english.imjnet.org.il htmls page 1684.aspx?c0 15160&bsp 14162 publisher The Israel Museum ref that houses a large collection of artifacts unearthed in the excavations conducted in Mandate Palestine , in the 1920s and 1930s. The museum is under the management of the Israel Museum and houses the head office of the Israel Antiquities Authority . ref http www.haaretz.com culture travel the rockefeller museum 1.242644 The Rockefeller Museum, Haaretz ref ... museum to house important regional finds. ref http www.antiquities.org.il article Item eng.asp ...   more details



  1. Maritime museum

    , US Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum , Biloxi, MS, US Maritime Museum of British Columbia , Victoria, British Columbia , Canada Maritime Museum of San Diego , San Diego, California , US Maritime ... Museum , Vancouver British Columbia , Canada Wisconsin Maritime Museum , Manitowoc, Wisconsin , US ... battleships opened to the public as a museum berthed at Nauticus in Norfolk, VA , and one of two ... country. File PolandSzczecinSeaMuseum.JPG thumb 300px right National Museum, Szczecin Maritime Museum in Szczecin , Poland A maritime museum sometimes nautical museum is a museum specializing in the display ... prize of a maritime museum is a historic ship or a replica made accessible as a museum ship , but these are large ... fragile Ships preserved in museums ships or partial ships within the museum buildings and most museums ... with maritime museums not only does the museum have items that help the modeller achieve better accuracy, but the museum provides a display space for models larger than will comfortably fit in a modeller s home and of course the museum is happy to take a ship model as a donation. Museums will also ... lay claim to the title of largest museum it preserves not only a number of sailing ship s, but also ... forth. However, the United Kingdom UK s National Maritime Museum in Greenwich is also a contender ... and interest. Remains of ancient and historic ships and boats can be seen in museum s around the world. Where a ship is in a good state of preservation it can sometimes act as a museum in its own right. Many museum ships , such as HMS Victory are popular tourist attractions. Some ships are too fragile ... physical remains to be preserved, such as Sutton Hoo , where museum displays can show what the vessel ... Museum , Sydney, New South Wales , Australia Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Stanley, Hong Kong Hoods Tower Museum Hoods Tower Naval Museum , Trincomalee , Sri Lanka Macau Maritime Museum, Macau Maritime Museum Indonesia Maritime Museum of Indonesia , Jakarta , Indonesia Museum of Maritime Science ...   more details



  1. Museum architecture

    married with existing museum buildings include the Louvre Pyramid by I. M. Pei in Paris, France 1989 , and more recently the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court by Norman Foster at the British Museum ... The Tate Modern in London, converted by Herzog & de Meuron in 2000 File British Museum Great Court MG 4743.jpg The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court Great Court at the British Museum , London 2000 File ... museum architecture File Guggenheim museum exterior.jpg thumb The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and opened in 1959 Museum architecture ref cite book title The Architecture of the Museum Symbolic Structures, Urban Contexts publisher Manchester University .... ref cite web url http www.globalprovince.com museumarchitecture.htm title The Explosion of Museum ... magindex 0511.asp November publisher McGraw Hill ref A challenge for museum architecture is the differing purposes of the building. ref cite web url http www.wisegeek.com what is museum architecture.htm title What is Museum Architecture? publisher http www.wisegeek.com wiseGEEK accessdate October 14, 2011 ref The museum collection must be preserved, but it also needs to be made accessible to the public ... of architecture for a purpose built museum is the Museum of the History of Science building in Oxford , England , originally built to house the Ashmolean Museum . The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ... and icon of the 20th century. Another classic 20th century example of iconic museum architecture is the titanium covered Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain by Frank Gehry opened in 1997 . Gehry has undertaken many major museum architecture projects, including the Experience Music Project in Seattle, USA, the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, USA, the Vitra Design Museum and MARTa Museum in Germany ... River and Rowing Museum in Henley on Thames, England, in 1997. ref cite journal url http www.architectural review.com home ar archive ar 1997 january david chipperfields river and rowing museum 8611738.article ...   more details



  1. Malda Museum

    Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date October 2007 Malda Museum is an archaeology archaeological museum under the West Bengal Directorate of Archaeology, situated on the Bandh Road of Malda Malda Town . The museum took off initially as a collection of historic artifacts found within the Districts of West Bengal district within the premises of the District Library. It was then shifted to a new adjacent building of its own and granted the status of a museum in its own right under the State Directorate of Archaeology. Though Malda Malda Town itself came up only in the times of British Raj British colonial rule , the region had been the seat of power of Bengal since the 7th century. till the late 16th century when the nearby Gaur, West Bengal Gour and Pandua, Malda Pandua served as the capital cities of the entire Bengal region. The museum, renovated and revamped recently, showcases the archaeological, anthropology anthropological , and historical heritage of the region. The museum has a number of fine specimens of sculptures , figurine s, epigraphy calligraphic inscription tablets , Indian inscriptions terracotta plaques and other artifacts that represent more than 1500 years of history and heritage. coord missing West Bengal date December 2010 Category Archaeology museums in India Category Museums in West Bengal india museum stub ...   more details



  1. Theatre Museum

    operas , the design collections of the Arts Council and British Council , the Antony Hippisley Coxe Circus Collection and the British Model Theatre and Puppet Guild Collection . In 1987 the Museum ... Museum in the Covent Garden district of London , England , was the United Kingdom s national museum of the performing arts . It was a branch of the UK s national museum of applied arts, the Victoria and Albert Museum . It closed in 2007, and has now been replaced by new galleries at the V&A s main ... Museum told the story of the performing arts in Britain from the sixteenth century to the present ... the details of past performances and the lives of performers, past and contemporary. The museum received its main funding from the British government via the Department for Culture, Media and Sport , and admission ... upright Gabrielle Enthoven, photography by George Charles Beresford , 1904 The origins of the museum ... Museum of Theatre Arts . The Victoria & Albert Museum accepted custodianship of Enthoven s collection ... Museum was created as a separate institution in 1974 when the two collections held by the V&A were combined with those of the British Theatre Museum Association , which had been founded in 1957 to collect theatrical material to increase the impetus for the creation of a separate national museum, and of the Friends of the Museum of Performing Arts , another private endeavour towards the creation of a theatrical museum, which owned much Ballets Russes material. The new museum acquired many further ... that the museum would close in January 2007 because of a lack of funds. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi entertainment 5381092.stm London s Theatre Museum to Close London s Theatre Museum Is to Close ... May 1, 2008. ref A group called The Guardians of The Theatre Museum was formed in late Autumn 2006, by the theatre community, to try to support the museum. In December 2006, it was announced that the Victoria and Albert Museum and Blackpool Council were in discussions to move the archives to Blackpool ...   more details




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