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Escape to the sandy bank of a quiet shore for a slow look at 'An Estuary in Northern France'.

Looking for something a bit longer? Try our 5 minute version here: https://t.co/I8h7EFTnyg

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2020-07-20

Join Archie and become an Archaeologist at home to celebrate the Festival of British Archaeology 2020. Try out these skills by creating your own DIY dig. Download your activity sheet here:
https://t.co/TPgje5WE2b


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2020-07-15

Join our curator of art Susan Ward this Wednesday at 7.00pm as she interviews local Karl Rudziak to discuss his work and the challenges of working in lockdown Image: Moses by Karl Rudziak©

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2020-07-14

These cute birds deserve an equally cute name - baby puffins are called pufflings!!!

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2020-07-12

Test your natural history knowledge with our baby animal quiz. We're going to share photos of three animals and ask you what their babies are called.

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2020-07-12

Another wonderful panoramic picture from the collection held at Cyfarthfa Castle. This is Merthyr Tydfil in 1848, drawn by T E Clarke.

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2020-07-10

Charles Griffin (b.1946)
Joanna Lumley - National Treasure
Daily Express, 1990s
Pen, ink & watercolour on paper

A caricature of the British actress, author and activist OBE.



Please donate: https://t.co/dG4sAHSFck

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2020-07-10

X is for X-ray! Technology such as X-ray spectroscopy analyses tiny samples to identify the materials used in paintings. Applied to Christiana Herringham's Madonna & Child, it revealed she used both traditional pigments & modern colours

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2020-07-08

It’s so for today’s why not make a colourful rainbow family handprint to display in your window and spread some hope and brightness to everyone!

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2020-07-06

V is for vampire 🧛‍♂️ In 'The New Eden', Austin Osman Spare depicts himself as a vampire, rising above his imagined lover Freda. The imagery of the vampire, coiled snake & crescent moon relate to his life-long research & practice into the occult

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2020-07-06

Be inspired by the natural world as part of Have a go at creating a poem that describes your favourite plant, or animal or fossil and write it in the shape of the object.

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2020-07-02

Explore how artists have painted healers throughout history, from biblical figures to eminent doctors who made groundbreaking discoveries: https://t.co/iDqFfXcWtO

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2020-07-01

Until travel is possible again, we can create a virtual tour inspired by the travels of artists.

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2020-07-01

We’re returning to France today with Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s ‘Distant View of Corbeil from behind the trees: Morning’. Corot was a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his work influenced the Impressionists and Glasgow Boys.

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2020-06-27

Napoleon ripped the crown out of the pope's hands to publicly humiliate him and crown himself and his wife.

Learn more about The Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David in this 2-minute video: https://t.co/kQiTNUNmBJ

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2020-06-26

【所蔵品紹介シリーズ（34）】

最終回の第34回は
フェリックス・ブラックモン（1833－1914）
《セーヴルのヴィラ・ブランカスのテラスにて（制作中のマリー・ブラックモン）》
をご紹介します。

解説はこちらから
https://t.co/BIoOSez1j9

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2020-06-26

Morten Morland (born 1979)
The Times, 2019.

Morland is a Norwegian political cartoonist working in the United Kingdom. Since 2002, his work is regularly featured in newspaper.



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2020-06-25

If you have Entomophobia* look away now!

We have some beautiful birds and insects for you in our jigsaws this week. Play now 🧩 https://t.co/917cQs5RFg


*an extreme and persistent fear of insects.

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2020-06-22

The small to medium-sized feathered carnivores referred to as ‘raptors’ in Jurassic Park are actually dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. They had deadly sickle claws on their hind feet. Please tweet your dromaeosaur drawings at us!

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2020-06-21

Our online explorer stories return on Monday with the story of Sir Francis Drake. Join us to decide if Sir Francis Drake was an explorer or a pirate:
https://t.co/cY8wiER9zk

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2020-06-19