Top 10 facts about the Terracotta Warriors - National Museums …
WEB2: There were no historical records of them existing. The discovery of the Terracotta Warriors was a complete surprise to everyone because there are no historical records of them, or of an underground army. They had sat untouched underground for more than 2,200 years. This only adds to the mystery, as it is now the largest and most important ...
Collections - National Museums Liverpool
WEBPaintings. The Walker Art Gallery has one of the most important and renowned painting collections in the UK. The collection includes European Renaissance paintings, masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt, Turner and Stubbs, Pre-Raphaelite artworks by Rossetti and Millais, Impressionist works by Monet and Degas a…. Walker Art Gallery.
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'Sickert: A Life in Art' - media release - National Museums Liverpool
WEBThe Walker Art Gallery will present a major exhibition of artwork by Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) from 18 September 2021 to 27 February 2022. Sickert: A Life in Art will be the largest retrospective of the artist’s work to have been held in the UK for more than 30 years. The exhibition will showcase around 100 loaned paintings and 200 ...
RMS Lusitania – we remember | National Museums Liverpool
WEB7 May 2020 marked the 105th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Lusitania, torpedoed by German submarine U20, off the coast of southern Ireland. The story of Lusitania is one of our most significant here at the Maritime Museum. Our gallery Lusitania: life, loss, legacy has people at the heart of the story. The sinking of the ship touched lives across the …
The evolution of Liverpool’s iconic waterfront
WEBBy the time we reach this early 19th century painting (circa 1811), the city has become rather more familiar. The first landmark I look for in paintings of the Liverpool waterfront is the church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, long known as the Sailors’ Church and a key feature in many of the paintings of the waterfront.
Gardens in Ancient Egypt - National Museums Liverpool
WEBWall fragment from the tomb of Nebamun depicting an ancient Egyptian garden, about 1350 BC. Chapels were built in gardens for religious or funerary worship. Archaeologists who excavated wealthy private houses at Tell el-Amarna - the capital city built by king Akhenaten in the late 18th Dynasty - uncovered remains of statues and stelae dedicated to the royal …
A journey through the Han Dynasty in ten objects
WEBThe Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220) was one of the longest surviving Chinese dynasties and rivalled the almost contemporary, but smaller Roman Empire. Following a period of civil war after the succession of Qin Shi Huang’s son in the Qin Dynasty, rebel leader Liu Bang defeated his rivals and became Han Gaozu, the First Emperor of the Western Han …
The Doctor lands in Liverpool - National Museums Liverpool
WEBNational Museums Liverpool has announced that it will be hosting the world premiere of Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder at World Museum from May 2022. This ground-breaking new exhibition will explore the science behind the global hit series Doctor Who and will give fans a chance to experience the Doctor’s adventures from a scientific perspective.
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