'british museum' yielded 9 matches.

Showing matches 1 to 9:

1. A History of Botanical Art - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers This site shares information about the history of botanical art and illustration - leading botanical artists of the past, collections - in museums and online, exhibitions, books and book reviews and other resources for those interested in the history...
2. Cranberry and Ruby Glass Because ruby and cranberry glass is so beautiful and has been made in so many different styles, from the simply elegant to the ornate, it looks good in even the most modern homes. Although its origins go back to Roman times at least, it became very...
3. Royal Observatory Greenwich - London's astronomy museum Sited in Greenwich, the Royal Observatory was originally designed to be the home of astronomy in Britain. It is now part of the National Maritime Museum and focuses on astonomical history. Home to a variety of victorian astronomical instruments, the...
4. Biblical Archaeology & Beyond Presents The Rosetta Stone The thing that fascinates me the most about the Rosetta Stone is the sheer size of it. Written in three different languages it may have been on display for the public to view, almost like our modern day signs often written in different languages on...
5. Art History & the History of Art - Resources for Art Lovers This is about (1) Art History - the study of art over time and how this can be approached (2) The History of Art - the history of visual arts over time as seen through different artists, art periods and art movements. New links are being added added...
6. Top 5 Europe museums Europe Museums are not boring at all. Traveling to Europe isn't just all shopping for those must sought after designer goodies or for tasting the famous mouth-watering dishes each city is known for. Take the time to visit the prized jewels of Europe...
7. The Babylonian Queen of the Night The Queen of the Night is a terracotta clay panel image of a goddess from the ancient near east, now southern Iraq. Her true identity is unknown, but scholars have narrowed her to three: Innanna (also known as Ishtar or Esther), Innanna's sister Eres...
8. Hadrian resurfaces in Turkey, with a head for history No run-of-the-mill row of marble heads, the British Museum opens a new exhibition that reveals the colossal statue head of Emperor Hadrian found in Turkey last year - and a lesson on today's modern crisis as old as two millennia. Historians and art c...
9. The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army at the British Museum When China’s first emperor, Emperor of Qin was buried (210-209 BC) he didn’t receive a standard issue burial. From September until April of next year the exhibition includes over 120 objects including twenty life-sized figures from the to...