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Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam
The Hajj or the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is the pilgrimage that every Muslim must make at least once in their lifetime if they are able. This major exhibition at the British Museum, London charts the history of this spiritual journey. Read More
Museum of Scotland wins best building award
The BBC reports, the team behind the £47.4m refurbishment of the National Museum of Scotland has won the country’s top architecture prize. Read More
UK Museum awarded £50000 for Japanese collection
RENEW is a collecting scheme that helps UK museums create new collections or replenish and develop their existing holdings. This year, University of Durham Oriental Museum, was awarded £50,000. Read More
National Museum of Scotland
The building of the new Museum of Scotland, which opened in 1998, to tell the country’s history from earliest times to the present day, created a landmark museum in Edinburgh for the nation. Read More
Photo Exhibition Dublin: China through Scottish eyes
At the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, there is an photography exhibition on loan from the Wellcome Library, London, featuring photos of China taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson between 1868 and 1872. Read More
Durham University Oriental Museum, United Kingdom
The Oriental Museum is the Asian art, antiquities, and material culture museum of Durham University in England. It was opened in 1960, to house and display a remarkable collection, of world renown, covering the entire range of human history and prehistory. Read More
Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is the world’s greatest museum of art and design, with collections unrivalled in their scope and diversity. Discover 3000 years’ worth of amazing artefacts from many of the world’s richest cultures including ceramics, furniture, fashion, glass, jewellery, Read More
Rabindranath Tagore: Poet and Painter
2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), who is best known as a poet and the first non-European writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Read More
Horniman Museum, United Kingdom
Victorian tea trader Frederick John Horniman began collecting specimens and artefacts from around the World in the 1860′s. Horniman’s key mission was to bring the world to Forest Hill and he opened part of his family house to the public so they could view his collections. In 1898 Horniman commissioned Charles Harrison Townsend to design a new museum building. The musuem opened in 1901.
UK Oriental Museum China gallery opened
The Durham University Oriental Museum is home to one of the finest collections of Chinese antiquities in the United Kingdom. The Malcolm MacDonald Gallery: China was opened on the 11th of November 2011. Read More
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