General view of "Atomic Apocalypse" by the Linares Family
© Leonardo Linares
War from "Atomic Apocalypse"
© Leonardo Linares
Famine from "Atomic Apocalypse"
© Leonardo Linares
Pestilence from "Atomic Apocalypse"
© Leonardo Linares
Mexican Day of the Dead
Source: britishmuseum.org
A selection from the huge collection of objects in the British Museum connected with the Mexican Day of the Dead – you can move forward and back in the search.
Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Day+of+the+Dead&images=true&page=6"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", woodcut by Albrecht Dürer; AD 1497-1498
"The Fifth Plague of Egypt"; print by JMW Turner; AD 1808
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In the Old Testament of the Bible there are many examples of God visiting his vengeance on wrong-doers. This print depicts Pestilence, one of the Plagues of Egypt inflicted on the Pharaoh for keeping the Israelites in slavery.
Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=85780&objectId=1556284&partId=1"The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah"; print by John Martin; AD 1832
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Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?searchText=Four%20HOrsemen&images=true&people=127877&ILINK|34484,|assetId=387502&objectId=1457023&partId=1UK CND March for the Future anti-nuclear protest badge
A US news report on HIV/AIDS from 1982, recently uploaded to You Tube with a fundamentalist Christian caption
Source: youtube.com
See this video on youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7lU3c9STYc
Badges
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Collection search: images of many badges for a wide range of causes can be found on the British Museum website. This search has used the filters: badge, paper, 1945 – 2014 and Europe. These filters can be changed and a free text term inserted. All images can be downloaded for classroom use.
Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?images=true&place=41618&from=ad&fromDate=1945&to=ad&toDate=2014&object=24130&material=18090Outside the classroom
Living and dying: the Wellcome Trust Gallery, British Museum
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Visit the site http://www.britishmuseum.orgThe Wellcome Collection, London
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Visit the site http://www.wellcomecollection.org/Science Museum, London
Source: sciencemuseum.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.sciencemuseum.org.ukThe Gordon Museum, King’s College, London
Source: kcl.ac.uk
Visit the site http://www.kcl.ac.uk/gordon/collection/index.aspxSt Mungo Museum of religious life and art, Glasgow
Source: glasgowlife.org.uk
Visit the site http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/st-mungos/Pages/default.aspxMuseum of Health and Medicine for Wales, Cardiff
Source: cardiff.ac.uk
Visit the site http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/scolar/special/science/museum.htmlThinktank: Birmingham Science Museum
Source: thinktank.ac
Visit the site http://www.thinktank.ac/thinktankImperial War Museums
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Visit the site http://www.iwm.org.uk/