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Symbols of Pride: the cultural heritage of LGBTQ+ activism

June marks Pride month, commemorating the 1969 Stonewall riots which catalysed modern LGBTQ+ activism. In Europe, with pride parades mostly spanning May to September, festivals, parties and protests are held across the continent throughout the summer months. This blog looks at a short cultural history of Pride festivals, exemplified by objects held in European museums, […]
A journey through Byzantine Ravenna

Ravenna in modern Italy was one of Europe’s most important cities in the Byzantine era. Today, experts from the Byzantine Art and Archaeology project take us on a tour of Ravenna’s remarkable Byzantine heritage. In 1996, UNESCO added eight early Christian monuments in Ravenna to its World Heritage List. Ravenna was one of Europe’s most […]
A Lithuanian museum mission: the life and legacy of Aleksandras Mykolas Račkus

Aleksandras Mykolas Račkus was a Lithuanian American numismatist, philatelist, ethnographer, curator, and physician, who was born near Kaunas in 1893. In 1910, he travelled to the United States, where he started his education in St. Laurent College in Canada, Montreal. He later studied at Holy Cross College in Worcester, the University of Loyola and the […]