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A very Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it and a huge thanks to all our visitors and supporters throughout 2021.
Here's Santa ditching his usual sleigh (and a fair few toys out the back) for a shoe airship in a fabric design from our collections 🎅
#OnThisDay 1842 James Nasmyth patented his steam hammer🔨
It was built at his Patricroft foundry next to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the Bridgewater Canal.
This painting in the collections, by Nasmyth himself, shows one at work: https://t.co/vaUTbn4Uql
Rolling into the long weekend like a camel on wheels...
Your social team is taking the next few days off but there'll be plenty to keep you occupied - we're back online Wednesday👋
To keep you entertained with all your favourite Science and Industry stories, we bring you 12 blogs (and more) over 12 days...
Day 7: Looking for some inspiration for tonight's low key disco? Here are some music blogs that might help https://t.co/OPowKnV6JW
#12DaysOfBlogs
Shipper's tickets were an early form of branding, attached to bolts of cloth or yarn to help textiles companies make their products instantly recognisable to their customers.
Here's another two of our favourites...
@YorkshireMuseum Two words:
THIS 👏 CAMEL 👏 https://t.co/PnYercnORd
#CURATORBATTLE