Last month we celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Commons on Flickr, and I promised that our renewed enthusiasm for the project would lead us to share our hidden treasures more readily.
It’s Australia Day 2013—Toni Booth delves into our collection to mark 225 years since the First Fleet landed in Sydney Cove in 1788.
Phil Boot delves into the wonders of the Ray Harryhausen collection.
Colin Harding looks at one of the major figures in early British photography.
On 16 January 2013, Flickr Commons celebrated its fifth birthday. To showcase its diversity, founding member the Library of Congress asked 56 member institutions to submit their most viewed photographs.
Our Photography Curator Colin Harding looks back at his time spent with legendary photographer Don McCullin.
Have technological pursuits replaced more traditional virtuous intentions? We take a look at what inspiration can be found for this year‘s resolutions in our collection.
Late last year we lost two major figures associated with the cinema, both of whom had links to the Museum: the photographer Cornel Lucas and the composer Richard Rodney Bennett.
Curator Iain Logie Baird deciphers the profound cultural meanings surrounding the Nightingale phenomenon.
Amour, Skyfall and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia head up our films of the year, but who else was a contender, and what were your favourites of 2012?
Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, and most notably Thunderbirds made Gerry Anderson a big name in children’s television—but this was never his intention.
In a case that dragged on for decades, how did a relatively unknown clergyman and amateur photographer take on the Goliath of Eastman Kodak Company?