Women's History Month

Discover the lives and legacy of remarkable women

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colour photograph of Kathleen McKane Godfree playing tennis
Blog post
Kathleen McKane Godfree

Champion tennis player in the 1920s who won Olympic medals and Wimbledon titles

Detail of a medieval miniature showing a woman (Erythraea) writing a scroll.
Gallery
Female literacy in the Middle Ages

Female literacy during the Middle Ages was surprisingly high and many women encouraged reading and learning.

black and white photograph of female athletes in a race
Exhibition
Olympic Heroes

Visit our exhibition and explore the stories of athletes from 125 years of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Illustration of four types of parrots by Graceanna Lewis. Depicts a macaw, lory, ground parrot, and cockatoo (the last is a reproduction of an illustration by John Gould)
Exhibition
Women writing birds

Learn about pioneering American ornithologists and their early environmental activism

black and white photograph of Titus Brandsma
Blog post
Titus Brandsma

Explore the archive of Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Catholic martyr who was an influential priest and professor

black and white photograph of a man wearing suit with a young girl holding a balloon standing behind him
Blog post
Masterji

Indian photographer who charted the South Asian community in Coventry and the West Midlands

black and white photo of Lalo Schifrin, Leo Right, Art Tailor, Dizzy Gillespie and Chuck Lemckin playing at a concert in Berlin
Blog post
Jazz as an expression of freedom

Black Royalty in Europe: ‘If Hitler had been against jazz, jazz had to be good’

black and white portrait of a young Sarojini Naidu
Blog post
Sarojini Naidu

India's renowned poet and freedom fighter

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Portrait of Alphonse Leroy, seated at a writing desk in red garb and wearing a blue and red turban. Alphonse is holding a quill and stares directly at the viewer.
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Colouring books

Find your crayons! Sharpen your coloured pencils! And enjoy adding colours in one of the books we have prepared for you.

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Flora of Cyprus

The dynamic flora of the Mediterranean island

Báli jelenet. by Németh Antal - Palóc Museum, Hungary - CC BY-NC-SA.
https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2064401/_mnmpm_343_
Carnival and the ball season

A time to dance and celebrate

Hymenoptera. Apis mellifica. I by Pfurtscheller, Paul - Università degli Studi di Padova | University of Padua, Italy - CC BY-NC-SA.
https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2023813/o_12666
Pollinator insects and bees

The anatomy of complex and sophisticated creatures

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Ouverture de L'Idomeno à Grand Orchestre

Badische Landesbibliothek

Elev al Liceului „Emil Racoviță” din Cluj în timpul unui curs de parașutism

Albu, Mircea

Biblioteca Județeană "Octavian Goga"

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Zetterström, Karl

Museum of Ethnography

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Museum of Ethnography