The National Gallery has launched its first immersive augmented reality (AR) app created with the help of over 80 children in time for the Easter holidays. The Keeper of Paintings and the Palette of Perception is a free mobile-based experience that uses AR technology to encourage children to explore the Gallery and learn about its paintings. […]
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British Motor Museum: National Metro & Mini Show returns as the first event of the show season!
The British Motor Museum is delighted to welcome back the ‘National Metro & Mini Show’ as its first event of the 2021 show season. The popular family show, which returns in line with government guidelines on Sunday 6 June, is the main event of the year for Metros, classic Minis and modern MINIs to celebrate a great […]
Alexandra Palace Receives £2.9 Million Funding Lifeline from the Culture Recovery Fund
Alexandra Palace has been saved from the risk of closure thanks to a £2.9 million grant from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. The funding, awarded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), will help offset the significant impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the […]
Retired British Airways 747 To Be Turned into Musuem at Cotswold Airport
Cotswold Airport will be the permanent home to an iconic British Airways 747 aircraft for locals and visitors to enjoy. The Boeing 747, registration G-CIVB, will be permanently retired at Cotswold Airport, near Kemble in Gloucestershire. The aircraft is painted in the unique Negus livery which adorned British Airways planes in the 1970s and 1980s. […]