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Charlie Lambert celebrating outside Norman Nicholson's house after the property was bought in February. Mr Lambert is smiling and his hands are up in the air. He is wearing a navy blue sweatshirt and has glasses. The house has large front windows with white panes.

Plans to turn poet's home into museum approved

It is hoped the project will celebrate the poet's life and attract more visitors to Millom.

A sketch of a young Charles Dickens. He is clean-shaved and has brown eyes and brown hair. He is wearing a black cravat.

Rare Charles Dickens items to go on show at museum

A collection of rare items connected to the 19th century writer will feature in a new exhibition.

A prosthetic leg laying on a table

Prosthetic leg and curry among museum's collection

Museum curators have revealed some of the quirkier items that make up the permanent collections.

Dan Hudachek wearing a green jumper and glasses. He is holding a 1928 bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale. In the background are shelves filled with objects and photographs.

Inside museum's weird and wonderful archive

The museum holds more than 2.5 million objects showcasing 20th Century life in north-east England.

An old red telephone box in the middle of a field of ferns. The greenery has become overgrown and is reaching half way up the phone box to the handle. The Perspex panes are clouded and mouldy. The red paint is chipped and the panel at the top which reads 'Telephone' is barely legible.

Abandoned phone box to become community museum

The disused phone box will be filled with pictures, paintings, stories, maps and messages.

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Three men are standing in front of an old railway wagon. It blue-grey and wooden, with the letters "LNWR" painted on the side in white. It is siting on a small piece of track on some stones.

Railway museum starts restoration project

The former London Northwestern Railway wagon is being restored to attract visitors.

A relief sculpture on a ceramic cremation vessel decorated with a gladiator fight between a secutor and retiarius, Colchester, 2nd century AD.

The real gladiators of Britain revealed

The gladiators of Roman Britain feature in the touring exhibition, starting at Dorset Museum.

A man with white hair and glasses. He is wearing a white shift with a black sleeveless jacket and an apron around his waist. He is pulling a metal bar away from a table. He is focussed on the table to his left. In the background, the walls are busy with artwork. To the far left in the foreground, there is the silhouette of machinery.

Museum in race against the clock to find new home

Norwich Printing Museum is looking for a new location after its current lease expires in October.

A blue and cream vintage bus, that open top and has writing on it that reads "Coventry City FC, FA Cup Winners. The bus is in a transport museum.

Transport museum vehicles up for adoption

Money raised by the initiative will help to maintain the museum's vehicles for the next generation.

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