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A brown book is displayed on a clear stand against a black backdrop. Some of the book's spine is missing.

Book bound in human skin found in museum office

Horrible Histories author Terry Deary describes the book as a "sickening artefact".

Two women stand hugging the necks of the two Aylesbury duck sculptures. The ducks are large, with their heads coming up to around shoulder level. They are proudly on display in the courtyard of the museum.

Historic shopping centre ducks reunited at museum

The feathered friends reunite for a limited period at a local museum.

Beds, Herts & Bucks

An actor dressed as someone from the 18th century. He is wearing a blue naval coat and sitting at an old desk in a mock-up of the captain's quarters of an old ship, holding a metal tankard while reading a book. There is a wooden, ornate globe in the foreground

Cook museum reopens but benefactor still a mystery

Middlesbrough Council say discussions are "ongoing" but it is still not naming the museum's funder.

Guernsey Museum entrance which is an oval structure that is largely glass with a green base and white painted frame. The photo is taken on a cloudy day.

Museum history events celebrate life on the farm

A festival and an exhibition aim to educate people about Guernsey's traditional industries.

Two firefighters are walking through the museum. To their left are displays but on their right a wall has been damaged by fire. There is debris on the floor and large damaged pieces of wood scattered behind them.

Museum damaged in electrical fire reopens

A team of volunteers has worked to restore interactive areas of the museum damaged by the fire.

Beds, Herts & Bucks

Two men in military outfits stand on a cobbled walkway between two walls. They both wear metal breastplates with the one on the left, with a white beard, wearing a blue metal hat and a blue top with short grey pants and brown socks. The one on the right has a red top and pants under the plate, white socks, has a slight beard and pointed helmet.

Soldier museum to be reimagined in city move

Colonel Stamford Cartwright says times have changed and the collection will be refocused.

Hereford & Worcester

Man looking in a glass case filled with artefacts in Dinosaur Gallery at Hastings Museum

Dinosaur gallery reopens at seaside museum

The revamped display at Hastings Museum features dozens of objects from prehistoric times.

Three men sitting inside an old Army vehicle. Jonas Moore on the left is wearing an orange baseball cap, a white T-shirt and a blue button-up shirt. Next to him is Jordan Coulson, who is wearing a white jacket and beige trousers. On the right is Adam Long, who is wearing a grey T-shirt and a grey jacket and is also wearing a baseball cap.

Actors step back in time during visit to old American airbase

Stars from Masters of the Air visit the airfield in Norfolk where the 100th Bomb Group was based.

A black and white image of buildings seen through a peephole.

Moving image museum reopens with new exhibits

The Museum of the Moving Image in Deal will reopen this weekend with a new World War One exhibit.