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Biscuit BonanzaUntil 31 January 2009
Over one hundred colourful and vibrant designs show the amazing art of the biscuit label. Along with four hundred shaped biscuit tins that have adorned British homes since the Victorian times, this exhibition demonstrates the printing prowess of the biscuit trade.
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John Vinycomb: The Hand is Still a MastersUntil 30 August 2008John Vinycomb came to Belfast in 1855 to work as an engraver in the art department of Marcus Ward and Company, a stationery, colour-printing and publishing business that gained an international reputation for the quality of its products. An authority on heraldry and renowned designer of bookplates Vinycomb was active in the cultural life of Belfast, becoming President of the Belfast Art Society, the Belfast Naturalists Field Club and the Ulster Arts Club. This exhibition celebrates his life and work, providing a rare opportunity to see some of his unique and beautifully illuminated addresses.
Detail from Illuminated Presentation Album given by Marcus Ward & Company Limited to Mr George Petty on the occasion of his retirement
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Ellen Bell: Hard Words9 - 13 September 2008This forthcoming exhibition by Ellen Bell is called Hard Words. It is both a literal and figurative title since “Hard Words” was a name used for the first printed dictionaries in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is dictionaries and thesauri - as found objects - that form the basis for many of the works in this exhibition; cut about, re-formed and re-presented back to the viewer. Bell is interested in the different interpretations of words that the dictionaries provide, as words fall in and out of popular usage. 
Found objects and ephemera have always been a foundation in Bell’s work. Several works use antique maps of places that for Bell have a special significance. She lived in Cambridge, which features in the piece “Aground” with its disconcerting stripe of red cotton bleeding down the page and its tiny, metaphorical origami boat. In “Twin-Bedded Room” small, wrapped paper boxes form two mattresses, made from an antique Baedeker map of Rome. In this exhibition we are given a palette for contemplation - for finding in Bell’s work our own meanings, and parallels with our own histories and experiences. It is as though her stories and ours weave together, to bring meaning to the work, a conversation of many layers.
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The Performance on Stage & Screen FairSaturday 11 October 2008 10.30 - 19.30 Admission freeFifteen specialist dealers will display for sale books and ephemera including playbills, posters, autographs, programmes, prints and photographs, at prices ranging from a few to several hundred pounds. Items will feature personalities from the world of entertainment, especially those from cinema, music and theatre, and on the history and technique of all performing arts. The Performance on Stage & Screen Fair is unique and attracts collectors from all over the UK and is a bonus feature for those attending performances at the National Theatre. The fair is organised by the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association and the Ephemera Society.
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Jack the Ripper and the East EndUntil 2 November 2008
From police files and photographs to letters from the public and the supposed Ripper himself, examine, for the first time, surviving documents and artefacts from the investigation and follow the crimes as they unfolded. Step back in time to the labyrinth of late-Victorian Whitechapel, and uncover the human stories behind the sensational reports and explore the lives of the victims, witnesses, suspects and police, and the world they lived in. Although no one knows who he was, Jack the Ripper is probably the capital’s most infamous son, his story passing into legend, shaping the way London and the East End are imagined. Full of objects attesting to the never-ending public appetite for this story, the exhibition will ask why the tale of the Whitechapel murders continues to resonate 120 years on and why this one unknown figure has become so iconic, and so much a part of London.
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Titanic: The Ship That Shook AmericaUntil 2 November 2008In partnership with White Star auctioneers, Henry Aldridge and Son, the American Museum has gained access to private collections of Titanic memorabilia in Europe and America. “The great Titanic collectors form an exclusive club,” comments curator, Laura Beresford, “If we didn’t have the Aldridges on board, we would never have had the chance to display these amazing objects. They remind us of the individuals behind the statistics.” Over 1,500 perished in the tragedy – more than 1,200 of whom were third class passengers and members of the crew. Just over 700 people survived. Objects in the exhibition – including letters written on the ship, key Marconigrams, menu cards and the personal effects of those who were lost and those who survived – will change throughout the year. Enthusiasts can keep returning to make new discoveries.
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The Big SmokeUntil 21 September 2008One year on from the smoking ban, this display looks at the history of smoking in London. Using objects and images from the Museum’s collections, the display will chart the history of smoking from the first introduction of tobacco in London to the present day, following changes in attitude over the centuries.
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A Century of Olympic PostersUntil 7 September 2008This vibrant new exhibition will explore the fascinating representation of the Olympic Games through the intensely visual medium of the poster. Coinciding with the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008 and the build-up to London 2012, exhibits will be drawn from the V&A's rich collections of posters and ephemera, including stunning recent acquisitions. Posters are an important means of communication for the Olympic Games and shape expectations of the Games to come. The exhibition explores how the posters were used to convey messages to an international audience about the look and feel of individual Games through eye-catching and memorable imagery. In addition to the posters will be examples of the original programmes of events, a ticket from the Paris 1900 Games and an Olympic torch from London 1948. An extra display at the Museum of Childhood will be a selection of official Olympic mascots dating from the 1960s to the present day.
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Museum in Docklands is returning to the scene of London’s most infamous crimes in Jack the Ripper and the East End, the first exhibition to explore the Jack the Ripper murders and their enduring legacy.
 
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