Historium
Author: Jo Nelson
Illustrator: Richard Wilkinson
Book 2 in the Welcome to the Museum series
Pages: 112
Published: 2015
Age: 8+
Welcome to the museum! Here you will find a collection of objects from ancient civilisations. Objects of beauty, objects of functionality, objects of war, objects of life, and objects of death and burial.
As you wander from room to room, page to page, explore the magnificence of what civilisations have left behind over thousands of years of human history.
Historium features more than one hundred full-colour, immaculately detailed pages, featuring great works of art and fascinating everyday objects from across six continents. Each object is beautifully illustrated and paired with text that explains its story and cultural significance.
About the Welcome to the Museum Series
Books in series order
- 1.Animalium(2014)
- 2.Historium(2015)
- 3.Story of Life: Evolution(2015)
- 4.Botanicum(2016)
- 5.Dinosaurium(2017)
- 6.Planetarium(2018)
- 7.Anatomicum(2019)
- 8.Fungarium(2020)
- 9.Oceanarium(2021)
- 10.Arboretum(2022)
- 11.Insectarium(2025)
- +Animalium Activity Book(2015)
- +Animalium Colouring Book(2016)
- +Animalium Poster Book(2015)
- +Historium Activity Book(2016)
- +Historium Poster Book(2016)
Reading age: 8+ years
Welcome to the Museum, the exhibition space that never closes!
This series of books set on the "walls" of the printed page, showcases the world's finest collections – from natural history to art, from botanical wonders to oceanic marvels. Open 365 days a year and unrestricted by the constraints of physical space, each title in this highly-rated series is organised into galleries that display more than 200 full-colour specimens accompanied by lively, informative text, and elaborate illustrations by a range of talented artists.