The History Doctor

25/07/2018

Explore the passion that shoes can inspire through this prized private collection of Vivienne Westwood shoes, chosen for their beauty, innovation, and artistry.

18/08/2015

03/08/2015

22/07/2015

Fragments of a 1,370-year-old Qur’an manuscript have been discovered by researchers at the University of Birmingham

30/06/2015

How can western ‘universal’ museums acquire and display artefacts without stoking the illegal arts trade and reproducing colonialist narratives?

11/06/2015

Feet are made for walking, but shoes may not be...

Step inside Shoes: Pleasure and Pain for a sneak preview ahead of opening on Saturday. Sponsored by Clarks Shoes, Supported by Agent Provocateur; with additional thanks to The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers. http://ow.ly/O8An7

11/06/2015

The English Romantic painter John Constable was born on this day in 1776. Famed for his landscape paintings, Constable was honoured with a Blue Plaque in 1923: http://ow.ly/O44NZ

08/06/2015

We are delighted to announce that Bristol Museum & Art Gallery has been chosen as one of the venues to host the Dodo Roadshow.

08/06/2015

Edward the Confessor became King of England in 1042, one of the last Anglo-Saxon rulers http://ow.ly/NQpPB

27/12/2014

When we visited the Gemaldegalerie in Berlin, I couldn't believe my eyes when I was confronted by the Ghent Altarpiece. However it wasn't the real one but a reconstruction which did include parts of the 16th and 17th century copies. It was impressive.
http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-and-institutions/gemaeldegalerie/ausstellungen/ausstellung-detail/der-genter-altar-der-brueder-van-eyck-in-berlin-1820-1920.html

Collage of the Ghent Altarpiece, detail © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie The Ghent Altarpiece by the Van Eyck brothers in Berlin. 1820-1920 from: 04.09.2014 to: 29.03.2015 Gemäldegalerie The Ghent Altarpiece, painted by the Van Eyck brothers and completed in 1432, is one of the masterpi…

27/12/2014

I've been a bit quiet on here recently but intend to post more often from now on. The latest news is that I visited some amazing museums in Berlin and would recommend the Deutsches Historisches Museum, The Film Museum, and the Gemaldegalerie.

18/10/2014

Missed this at the British Museum but hope to see it here.
http://www.visitberlin.de/en/event/01-04-2015/the-vikings

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