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March Challenge – Connections – Did you work it out?

March 13, 2015

Treasure Hunts in London’s March challenge was to spot the link. Did you work out the connection? The answer was Beyond The Sea – A treasure hunt at The National Maritime Museum There is just enough time to book tickets to this event which takes place at 2pm on 14th March 2015. Tickets are available from http://www.scavengerhunts.london/thil_national_maritime.html… More March Challenge – Connections – Did you work it out?

March Challenge – Connections – Final Link

March 12, 2015

March Challenge Treasure Hunts in London’s new challenge involves spotting the link. Can you work out the connection? Here is the fourth link

March Challenge – Connections – Link Three

March 12, 2015

March Challenge Treasure Hunts in London’s new challenge involves spotting the link. Can you work out the connection? Here is the third link

March Challenge – Connections – Link Two

March 11, 2015

March Challenge Treasure Hunts in London’s new challenge involves spotting the link. Can you work out the connection? Here is the second link

March Challenge – Connections – Can you work it out?

March 10, 2015

Following the success of Only Connect for Comic Relief 2013, another special celebrity edition of the quiz took place on 9 March for Comic Relief 2015. Catch it on iPlayer if you are quick or watch the 2013 quiz below. March Challenge Treasure Hunts in London’s new challenge involves spotting the link. Can you work out… More March Challenge – Connections – Can you work it out?

Trafalgar Square – a cultural space for the public

March 3, 2015

Trafalgar Square by Juliamaud Trafalgar Square was officially named in 1830 and is a site of significant historic and cultural value. Until the early 18th century most of the area was used as stabling for Whitehall Palace. John Nash developed the area as an “open square in the Kings Mews opposite Charing Cross” in 1812 as part… More Trafalgar Square – a cultural space for the public

Love and Marriage at Tate Britain

January 23, 2015

Love in The Tate Archive Issue 14 of Tate Etc from autumn 2008 includes an article by Tishani Doshi. In it she describes what she discovered while exploring the correspondence in the Tate archive between Vanessa and Clive Bell prior to their marriage. Vanessa Bell, was Virginia Woolf’s sister, and an artist in her own right,… More Love and Marriage at Tate Britain

Bird’s eye view of London Museums

January 20, 2015

London Museums have a wealth of fascinating items inside them just waiting to be explored. But have you considered the buildings themselves. http://www.visitlondon.com had produced a lovely video, filmed with permission, using a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), also known as a drone. It gives a bird’s eye view of London as well as a look… More Bird’s eye view of London Museums

Hunting Animals at Tate Britain

January 14, 2015

The Tate as the National Gallery of British Art In 1892 a new National Gallery of British Art, to be run under the Directorship of the National Gallery, was commissioned. The gallery was due to house the collection of British art that had been left to the nation by industrialist Henry Tate and other works of British… More Hunting Animals at Tate Britain

Answer to the leather bottle question….

December 23, 2014

The Treasure Hunters in London were exploring the Museum of London when they came across the leather bottle Treasure Hunts in London organised an alcohol themed treasure hunt called “Drink to me Only” at the Museum of London. Details of the Museum of London collection can be found here. Treasure Hunts in London fully… More Answer to the leather bottle question….

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