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Londonist These Incredible, Heartbreaking Titanic Objects Are Stashed Away In South London A model of RMS Titanic depicted about to sink, its stern high out of the water, made in wood, plaster and a variety of other materials, and painted in realistic colours. This model was used in promotion of the 1958 film A Night to Remember. © Royal Museums Greenwich Museums from Belfast to Southhampton to Missouri honour RMS Titanic. But a lesser-known collection in Kidbrooke, south east London contains some incredibly personal, and poignant, artefacts from the passengers and staff on board. �...

Sledge and sledge flag from Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition acquired for the nation Sledge Flag from Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition. Photo: Bonhams. LONDON .- The National Maritime Museum and the Scott Polar Research Institute have acquired the sledge and sledging flag that Dr Eric Marshall (1879-1963) used on the British Antarctic Expedition (BAE) of 1907-1909 – one of the most important expeditions in British polar history. NHMF safeguards nationally important heritage at risk of loss, establishing a UK wide collection of outstanding heritage over the past 40 years. Th...

Shackleton artifacts to be donated to U.K. museums The National Heritage Memorial Fund says the sled will be donated to London’s National Maritime Museum, and the flag to Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute. By JAMES BROOKSAssociated Press Share An 11-foot-long wooden sled used on Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton’s British Antarctic expedition is displayed on a table at Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre in London. James Brooks/Associated Press LONDON — A sled and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s famed expeditions to the South Pole have been b...

LONDON (AP) — A sled and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton's famed expeditions to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body to keep the treasured artifacts in the U.K. The National Heritage Memorial Fund, a government-funded body, said Wednesday that it paid 204,000 pounds ($274,000) to help purchase the two items, used in the first of three British Antarctic expeditions led by Shackleton in the early 1900s. The artifacts will be donated to two English museums. Earlier this year, British authorities slapped a temporary export ban on the artifacts. The ...

Shackleton expedition artifacts to be donated to UK museums by James Brooks, The Associated Press Posted Dec 16, 2020 3:47 am EDT Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 3:58 am EDT LONDON — A sledge and flag used in one of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s famed expeditions to the South Pole have been bought by a British government-funded body to keep the treasured artefacts in the U.K. The National Heritage Memorial Fund, a government-funded body, said Wednesday it paid 204,000 pounds ($274,000) to help purchase the two items, used in the first of three British Antarctic expeditions led by Shackleton i...