MUSEUM NEWS - PAGE FOUR
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Science and Media Museum reopens ahead of Bradford’s year as City of Culture

A twelve-month programme of cultural events and exhibitions has been launched.​ Read more.
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Sally Mann Photos Reportedly Seized From Texas Museum Exhibition

A conservative Dallas publication has been leading the charge against the museum. Read more.
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Royal treasures hidden in cathedral crypt were lost for decades — until now
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As a second world war loomed, caretakers of a cathedral in Lithuania decided to hide its royal treasures; their plan worked — but their hiding spot took 85 years to rediscover. Read more.
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Cultural engagement brings health and wellbeing benefits worth £8bn

Research uses new methodology to show monetary value of cultural investment. ​Read more.
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Dinosaur surf or turf: Unpacking Mesozoic misconceptions

Despite sharing the world with dinosaurs, the water-dwellers of the Mesozoic Era—like the ancestors of today’s crocodiles and turtles—were not true dinosaurs. ​Read More.
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THIS WEEK'S CAPTION CONTEST WINNER

​Winner:
This must be heaven! Wait a minute. This is wood! I'm in ... ARRGGH - Bob Pickering

Runners Up:
Delusions of grandeur - Joan Woodruff

I am guarding this one until Dad comes home to lift it - Claire Walkinshaw