Collections

Explore our collection by theme, topic, century, and organisation.

Themes

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Art

Inspiring art, artists and stories

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Fashion

Clothing, accessories and designs

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Natural history

Drawings, specimens, images and documents

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Photography

Inspiring images and the history of photography

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Features

Colouring books

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

Black history

Explore the histories of Black people in Europe

Middle Ages

Explore stories from medieval Europe: from monastic rules to court culture to university education.

a black and white photograph of a man sitting behind a loom-like device that has multiple threads coming down into the spine of a book. The man is in the process of threading a new page through the threads to add to the book.
Making Culture

Heritage showing how artisans and crafters have shaped and remade culture through the ages

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