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NEW Try our favourites, notes, tagging and personal galleries features. Please register first, then go to any item in the 'Online exhibitions' section to start adding your knowledge to ours. Why not start with our latest exhibition Points of View?
Taking Liberties
The struggle for Britain's freedoms and rights
Try the interactive journey and find out where you stand!
Sacred
Discover what we share
The world's greatest collection of Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy books
Historical texts
Pivotal moments in British history
From the Venerable Bede, via Nelson, to Captain Scott
Magna Carta
Known as the cornerstone of liberty
But what does it really say? Our 'virtual curator' answers your questions
Black Europeans
A feature by Mike Phillips
The lives of Alexander Pushkin, Alexandre Dumas pere, George Polgreen Bridgetower, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and John Archer
