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Not only is it #MuseumWeek, today is also the launch of @ahrcpress #CollectionsUnited. Over the coming weeks we will be exploring connections in our own collections and beyond! Get in touch if you want to connect. But for now, here is a collection connection from us.

@leedslibraries @CentreCHoP @LKN_Libraries @BLprintheritage Instead of the plague, we're wondering what we might have for tea 🧐

We have a huge collection of cook books, including a first edition of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. It has tasty illustrations and is fully digitised: https://t.co/FMXvulMYUf
#RareBookOfTheWeek

@YorkshireMuseum This fancy fellow and lavish lady are illustrations from our Herbert Norris collection. Norris' works eventually became the basis of many costumes used in medieval themed plays.

Search the collection: https://t.co/iuinCeRRKT
#CuratorBattle #BestHat

@mralanjohnsmith @LeedsMuseums @UniversityLeeds We think we're awake now

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

This print was commissioned by the Artists International Association to celebrate the Festival of Britain 1951. Inspired by the prevalence of poultry in post-war Britain, Rothenstein comments on the friction between the rural and the urban.

#FridayFavourite

Tempted to put our joggers away and dress up like this. So. Darn. Snazzy.

Herbert Norris gained international recognition for his books on Medieval attire. His works eventually became the basis of many costumes used in medieval themed plays 🎭

#WorldTheatreDay #MedievalTwitter

@PeaceMuseumUK

Special Collections’ team librarian, Richard High, and collections assistant, Laura Hilton-Smith, reflect on Charles Dickens’ festive tales.

What's you favourite festive story?

Read online: https://t.co/kHOWbYNswU
#Christmas

We've been loving having so many visitors at our weekly #SketchClub 🎨

Here's a sneak peek of our focus this week...Stanley Spencer’s ‘The Art Class'. A crowded scene not unlike the Gallery on a Friday afternoon!

Free, materials provided: https://t.co/4rTphhH5Jg

As a medical student, Ebenezer Sibly became interested in F. A. Mesmer's theories of animal magnetism.

Animal magnetism, or mesmerism, was a belief in an invisible healing force in all living things, and precursor to James Braid's development of hypnotism.

#FolkloreThursday