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Explore the study of animals and plants through drawings, photographs and texts of specimens and the biologists and botanists who studied them.
Explore printed publications from 1618 to the 1980s. Discover headlines, full-text articles, advertisements, and the writers behind them.
Explore the history of photography, discover incredible images and find out about the photographers behind them.
Explore the history of sport and sports people, with photographs, films, sound recordings and texts documenting everything from everyday experiences to the heights of Olympic glory.
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Discover notable women and their work throughout history
Explore disability stories, narratives and heritage from Europe and beyond
Heritage showing how artisans and crafters have shaped and remade culture through the ages
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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Photographs by pioneering female photographers from across Europe
Women's suffrage, the right for women to vote, was a long and hard battle that began at the start of the 19th Century. This gallery highlights the feminist fight for social reform and a voice for women in politics.
These show pictures of women famous women in tech and science.
This gallery shows groups of women, highlighting the power of female solidarity.
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Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen
Bartolommeo Berrecci, Jan (Giovanni) Cini
National Heritage Institute
Leiden University Libraries
Mallery, Karel van, (1571-approximately 1635), (printmaker)
Leiden University Libraries