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Commissioned by Qatar Foundation and nestled in its Education City campus, the museum was inaugurated on November 28, 2025

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Bedford-based author Ruth Hogan

Celebrated local author Ruth Hogan to visit the Panacea Museum

The Panacea Museum, on Newnham Road in Bedford

The Panacea Museum to reopen for 2026

Peter Brown (left) and Richard Richard Brown, and some of Peter's family

Museum finds living descendants of famed Bedford author John Bunyan

A bookplate belonging to Dilys Barltrop, 1925

New literary exhibition at museum in Bedford

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A guitar once thought to have been lost for over 50 years, owned by The Rolling Stones, has been discovered as part of a collection at a New York art museum.

Stolen Rolling Stones' guitar found at New York Museum

Panacea Society Members burying blessed squares, prior to WWII

New social history exhibition opens at the Panacea Museum in Bedford

The WW2 bomb found by Adam Makewell and his son Cameron Makewell in the River Ure in Yorkshire.

Moment teenager crashes underwater drone into live 500kg WWII bomb

A small dog being groomed

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Victoria Kahl, Panacea Museum with Caroline Cook in the Museum Gardens.

Funds raised at local museum for Bedford Women’s Centre

A piece by Jacqui Saunders-Love

Mother and Daughter art exhibition opens at museum in Bedford

Lauren Saunders-Love working in the Museum

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Mark Cranston who has built an amazing collection of bricks.

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Jane Shaw, photographed by Robert Taylor

Museum hosts special talk on the Panacea Society

German Observation Tower on south coast cliffs, Guernsey

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The Cradle on display at the Panacea Museum

Panacea Museum celebrates cradle centenary

Maps and planning documents detailing top-secret plans were donated to House on the Hill museum.

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Married couple Janet and John Ford, who own Tudor World, are at loggerheads with Joe Rukin, who runs Sinister Stratford ghost tours.

Turf war breaks out between Stratford-upon-Avon ghost tour guides

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Buckingham Palace

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An exceptionally rare Chinese box and cover from the 15th century Ming period has been discovered in a dust-filled cabinet in the attic of a family home, where it had been stored and left untouched since the owner’s death in 1967.

Old tin found in attic turns out to be Chinese Ming Dynasty treasure

Two Just Stop Oil supporters were arrested at the Herbert Museum in Coventry while demanding that the government stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and calling on employees and directors of UK cultural institutions to join in civil resistance against the governments genocidal policies.

Just Stop Oil protestors tackled to ground after storming dino exhibit
The Just Stop Oil protestors tried to chain themselves to the Dippy the Dinosaur display before being wrestled to the ground by security who told them “stop this”.
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The Natural History Museum has released a list of new animal and plant species found in 2022

Scientists release list of new animals and plants found in 2022

The exhibition includes items that have never been on display before

Panacea Museum in Bedford puts spotlight on Edwardian women at new exhibition

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Museum’s search for best football fan memorabilia

Odissi dance workshops will feature as part of the festival

Indian performing arts festival is back in Bedford for second year

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