The Shipwreck Museum is an independent charitable Museum of the Nautical Museums Trust Charity No. 284687 – set in the historic Old Town of Hastings, UK. The Museum has artefacts from many ships wrecked in the English Channel from the Goodwin Sands…
Our Five Star, award winning Museum and Archives is a multifunctional visitor attraction in the heart of Shetland's capital town of Lerwick. Begin your journey through the history of our beautiful islands here, with an enjoyable and interactive…
'The Shetland Bus', was a Shetland based boat operation to and from Norway, that took place during the Second World War (1939 - 1945). The website is dedicated to all those who gave of their lives in the extremely hazardous boat trips between…
Shell ring site are a type of ancient human settlement site. The cultural accumulation at such sites is dominated by shellfish. Shell ring site of the ancient city of Jinning in Yunnan is the most complete known annular shell mound site of the…
Shell ring site are a type of ancient human settlement site. The cultural accumulation at such sites is dominated by shellfish. Shell ring site of the ancient city of Jinning in Yunnan is the most complete known annular shell mound site of the…
Shell ring site are a type of ancient human settlement site. The cultural accumulation at such sites is dominated by shellfish. Shell ring site of the ancient city of Jinning in Yunnan is the most complete known annular shell mound site of the…
Shell ring site are a type of ancient human settlement site. The cultural accumulation at such sites is dominated by shellfish. Shell ring site of the ancient city of Jinning in Yunnan is the most complete known annular shell mound site of the…
Shell ring site are a type of ancient human settlement site. The cultural accumulation at such sites is dominated by shellfish. Shell ring site of the ancient city of Jinning in Yunnan is the most complete known annular shell mound site of the…
Shell ring site are a type of ancient human settlement site. The cultural accumulation at such sites is dominated by shellfish. Shell ring site of the ancient city of Jinning in Yunnan is the most complete known annular shell mound site of the…
The nature and value of ‘Sheep Dolly’ heritage
In China, the middle school education curriculum includes Dolly, the world’s first cloned sheep, in its textbooks. This means that all Chinese students learn about Dolly, admire the Roslin Institute in…
The Shanghai Museum is one of the four major museums in China and features bronze, pottery, porcelain, calligraphy and painting. The building of the Shanghai Museum is very distinctive. Its base is square, and the top is round. This shape corresponds…
The Shanghai Museum is one of the four major museums in China and features bronze, pottery, porcelain, calligraphy and painting. The building of the Shanghai Museum is very distinctive. Its base is square, and the top is round. This shape corresponds…
China is the hometown of Shadow Puppets. Shadow Puppet has a history of more than two thousand years. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of generations of folk artists. It combines painting, sculpture, literature, music and stage performance,…
China is the hometown of Shadow Puppets. Shadow Puppet has a history of more than two thousand years. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of generations of folk artists. It combines painting, sculpture, literature, music and stage performance,…
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China, centred in Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces, have a long history and have profoundly impacted global trade, culture, and fashion across the ages. This legacy shows the process of silk-making, which…
The Seokguram Grotto is a hermitage and part of the Bulguksa temple complex. It lies four kilometers east of the temple on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea. It is classified as National Treasure No. 24 by the South Korean government and is…
Seokguram Grotto is an ancient monument situated in Gyeongju, South Korea and recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Its origins date back to the 8th century and it holds a remarkable Buddha statue. This heritage site is significant not only…
Seinn Spioradail is an exploration of the incredible wealth of sights, sounds and memories of spiritual singing and song writing in everyday life in Highland and Island communities, something which has been part of Highland culture for millenia. The…
The art of Chinese seal carving is developed from the traditional Chinese seal technique. In ancient times, it was used to exercise and grant the power of state institutions and to prove personal identity. The earliest seals unearthed so far belong…
The art of Chinese seal carving is developed from the traditional Chinese seal technique. In ancient times, it was used to exercise and grant the power of state institutions and to prove personal identity. The earliest seals unearthed so far belong…
The art of Chinese seal carving is developed from the traditional Chinese seal technique. In ancient times, it was used to exercise and grant the power of state institutions and to prove personal identity. The earliest seals unearthed so far belong…
Side Drum - made for use by the Pipe Band formed by Prisoners of War. It bears the badge of the Seaforth Highlanders.
Part of the Highlander’s Museum collection (Queen’s Own Highlanders Collection).
A classic example of Song tapestry, this elegant scroll cover resembles a famous uncut piece (now in Liaoning Provincial Museum, China). This tapestry entered the Museum’s collection as the handscroll cover for the masterpiece Old Trees, Level…
Òran Mòr ("Great Song") refers to a body of traditional Scottish Gaelic songs passed down through oral tradition for centuries in the Highlands and Islands. These songs reflect the emotional, social, and historical identity of Gaelic-speaking…
Huanglong is renowned for its beautiful mountainous scenery, with relatively undisturbed and highly diverse forest ecosystems, combined with the more spectacular localised karst formations.
Topped by permanently snow-capped peaks rising from a base…
In 2020, we collaborated with the Scapa Flow Museum in Orkney. The museum was closed for redevelopment, with a new extension being built and a reopening to the public on the 2nd of July 2022. Working from the museum's extensive archive of photos and…
Sanxingdui, located near the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a mysterious ancient civilization dating back over 3,000 years. Excavations at Sanxingdui have unearthed remarkable bronze masks,…
Sanxingdui, located near the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a mysterious ancient civilization dating back over 3,000 years. Excavations at Sanxingdui have unearthed remarkable bronze masks,…
Sanxingdui is an archaeological site located in Sichuan Province, China, known as its discoveries of ancient artifacts dating back over 3,000 years. These artifacts include bronze sculptures, jade artifacts, and gold masks. The site was first…
The Sanxingdui ancient site is located on the south bank of the Yuzi River in the northwest of Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, with a distribution area of 12 square kilometres and a history of 3,000 to 5,000 years ago. It is the largest ancient…
Sandybed house, better known as Bothwell Castle in Haddington, was not in fact a castle but a late 16th-century, wealthy town house which consisted of a main block running N-S and two wings which extended E to the river, enclosing a small courtyard.…
The Protective Town of San Miguel de Allende and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco represent exceptional examples of 18th-century Mexican Baroque architecture and cultural fusion. Established in the 16th century along the Royal Route, San…