Museum, Historic Sites, Gallery & Art Guides

Join engineer, steeplejack and beloved storyteller Fred Dibnah, as he takes you on a personal tour through industrial Britain.Bringing to life land...

Bridgerton's England is a location guide to all the key filming sites in the hit Netflix series with author Antonia Hicks linking each fictional lo...

During much of the twentieth century, film was often assumed to be a ‘flat’ pictorial art, more often compared with painting and graphic media than...

Travel, Art and Collecting in South Asia questions what are ideas of vertiginous collecting, art-making and museums as expanded fields, including w...

This volume brings together a range of essays that offer a new perspective on the dynamic history of the museum as a cultural institution in South ...

More than 30,000 Australians visit Gallipoli every year, and the numbers are increasing each year as the centenary of the landing approaches in 201...

Critically examining the notion of ‘world religions’, Charles D. Orzech compares five purpose-built museums of world religions and their online ext...

This book examines the history of American exhibitions of Russian art in the twentieth century in the context of the Cold War. Because this history...

The history of each house is examined, any special features or incidents concerning the building including any ghostly visitors, the various owners...

This volume offers fresh perspectives on the representation of the recent past in museums of the Second World War and of communism in post-communis...

First published in 1960. Patterns in Shakespearian Tragedy is an exploration of man's relation to his universe and the way in which it seeks to pos...

The Holocaust – the murder of approximately six million Jewish men, women and children by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in the Second World Wa...

First published in 1987, The Heritage Industry sets out to protect the present and the future of life in Britain from their most dangerous enemy: a...

Almost all museums hold photographs in their collections, and museum professionals and their audiences engage with photographs in a myriad of ways....

The Natural History Museum is home to many rare and exceptional natural wonders - but the magnificent Museum building is itself one of London's mos...

First Published in 1999. The purpose of this series is to provide a contemporary assessment and history of the entire course of philosophical thoug...

These history travel guides provide an introduction discussing the history and preservation of the present-day site and facilities and include a de...

This one-of-a-kind guide brings you face-to-face with the people and events that shaped the Battle of Fredericksburg.

These history travel guides provide an introduction discussing the history and preservation of the present-day site and facilities and include a de...

Wales has more castles per square mile than anywhere else in Europe. From the Norman keep at Cardiff to the Welsh stronghold at Criccieth, and Edwa...

This text provides authoritative information on all of Jordan's important historical and archaeological sites - presenting a record of civilization...

Tour North America’s greatest museums and galleries in the company of two incomparable guides.This lively companion highlights the essential painti...

These history travel guides provide an introduction discussing the history and preservation of the present-day site and facilities and include a de...

  A stunning celebration of the rich culture and fascinating history of Ireland featuring ten Irish illustrators. Discover eve...

The first publication to document the International African American Museum’s landscape design by Hood Design Studio, illuminating its mission and ...

Published on the hundredth anniversary of The Jewish Museum, this magnificent book explores the culture, history, and beliefs of the Jewish people ...

'A glorious green adventure story.' Ann Treneman, The Times 'Books of the Year''The most enthralling historical book I’ve read this year.' Claire T...

Founded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre--with the greatest collection of Old Master paintings and antique sculpture assembled u...

Die faszinierende Welt des modernen Glases hat in den letzten Jahren mehr und mehr Aufmerksamkeit erfahren und stellt einen facettenreichen Aspekt ...

A stunning, full-color volume that examines 82 pieces in the University of Rochester Memorial Art Gallery's American collection and their connectio...

New from Bradt is The Holocaust: Europe's Sites, Museums and Memorials, a unique travel guidebook to European locations that tell the story of the ...

This highly-illustrated book reveals a brand-new story of the royal castle of Lincoln – how it was imposed on the late Anglo-Saxon town and how it ...

“Objects of Greatest Desire” takes readers on a fascinating journey through the art world, from Lomax’s early days as a student to his influential ...

Why did the Victorians collect with such a vengeance and exhibit in museums? Focusing on this key 19th-century enterprise, Barbara J. Black seeks t...

Petra Rephotographed represents an exploration of time and change across the iconic archaeological city of Petra, Jordan, through repeat photograph...

Presenting “the real deal” of American antiquity—as opposed to the hyped fare of many cable TV shows—Kenneth Feder invites readers to explore the s...

Built to last, built to impress, built with style and grandeur – it is all the more remarkable when the most ostentatious of buildings fall into di...

When Oskar Reinhart (1885–1965) bequeathed a significant part of his remarkable art collection – chiefly of French nineteenth-century painting but ...

You know the Carnegie Institute and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, but have you ever visited the Toy Robot Museum in Adamstown or Bill's Old Bike ...