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An Early Shakespeare Souvenir – The Mulberry Wood Snuff Box
This blog kicks off a new series, ‘Shakespeare on Show,’ from the Museum Collections Team. The series will highlight objects currently on display in three new exhibitions across the Shakespeare ...
Tales from the Reading Room – Episode 35
This week we bring you a rather unusual blog, to tie in with the Eurovision Song Contest!  This is now one of the longest-running TV programmes, having taken place every year ...
Richard III and the Perils of Foam!
‘Shakespeare-by-Design’ Project – Second Update Textiles, whether everyday clothes or theatre costume, are at risk of attack from a variety of sources. Light, insect and animal pests, fluctuating levels of ...
Shakespeare’s World in 100 objects: Number 76, a Money Pot
Today’s insight into Shakespeare’s world comes from Stephanie Appleton who is a Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at Birmingham My object this week will be instantly recognisable to many ...
“Our little life is rounded with a sleep” Prospero, The Tempest
The Reading Room team are bringing you this series of blogs to shed light on the documents relating to Shakespeare which we hold here at the Shakespeare Centre Library and ...
Shakespeare’s World in 100 Objects: Number 75, Halls Croft
This week’s 100 objects blog is by Peter Hewitt, who is an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Researcher in the History Department at the University of Birmingham. It has a surprising twist! ...