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Explore printed publications from 1618 to the 1980s. Discover headlines, full-text articles, advertisements, and the writers behind them.
Explore the history of photography, discover incredible images and find out about the photographers behind them.
Explore the history of sport and sports people, with photographs, films, sound recordings and texts documenting everything from everyday experiences to the heights of Olympic glory.
Explore the events of 1914-1918 through official histories, politics and propaganda to untold personal stories from the front line and the home front.
Features
Explore disability stories, narratives and heritage from Europe and beyond
With Khalili Foundation, discover stories of cross-cultural exchange, under-represented cultures and European culture
Find your crayons! Sharpen your coloured pencils! And enjoy adding colours in one of the books we have prepared for you.
Heritage showing how artisans and crafters have shaped and remade culture through the ages
Galleries
The fire ant originates in South America and is spreading - supported by climate change - over several contintents. Its habitats expanded due to the rising temperatures and general globalization to Mexico, USA, China, Taiwan, Australia and recently to Sic…
Historical overview of technological objects used to record and reproduce sound during the 20th century: from the Edison 'Fireside' Phonograph, the Stentorphone and Auxetophone valved sound boxes for the gramophone and the HMV 2300H portable disc …
Historical overview of technological objects used to record amateur films and home movies during the 20th century: from the first substandard equipment and small-gauge equipment for the 9.5mm, 16mm and 8mm 'safety' film formats to the latest semi-…
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