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Day 28
This engraving by James Gillray shows asleep on a bed of hay. Its inscription reads “Tom Paine’s Nightly Pest” Perhaps more of a Nightmare!

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2020-11-28


The "Gallic Warrior-God statuette", helps my research on (perfect size 👌)

55cm H., dated 1st AD (style or associated finds of deposited weaponry in a Gallic sanctuary?), made of 22 sheets of cold hammered latten (zinc+copper)
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2020-11-26

Jour 23

Petite série “vintage” de cartes postales pour exprimer son amour à sa compagne ou à son compagnon ! Au verso, des témoignages tendres et amoureux d’un soldat à sa fiancée.

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2020-11-24

Day 22:
Who doesn't love a masked ball! These early 20th Century masks are thought to have been worn to a ball at Nostell Priory. They are (in clockwise order) The Motorist, A Court Beauty, Kathleen Mavourneen and A Fair Motorist.

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2020-11-22

This was to the Holte family for nearly 200 years!

It was later leased by James Watt Jr. who spent most of his time in the 'back rooms', using the west side of the house as the main entrance instead of the east.

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2020-11-20

Day 18: I❤️#mummyportraits & have been lucky enough to spend a fair amount of time investigating these over the years but choosing my favourite is still such a Do you have a favourite or elsewhere? Let me know!

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2020-11-18

Tool of the trade for Charles Dickens. Painting seen on a visit to this summer

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2020-11-15

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Alors, si vous deviez choisir, quel préfèreriez-vous ? À moins que certains ressemblent déjà au(x) vôtre(s) 😉?

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2020-11-13

Day 10
Pre-Raphaelite member, Henry Holiday (1839-1927), designed a series of tiles based on the fairy tale, 'The Little Mermaid', written by Hans Christian Andersen. They were produced by Minton Hollins & Co in c.1880.

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2020-11-11

Day 7 of
This is an oil painting called 'Wood of the Philosophers' from our collection. It is an early 19th century copy after Salvator Rosa (1615-1673).

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2020-11-08

Day 5 of is
We have been given so much support over the years, without which our museum simply wouldn't exist
I am going to give special shoutout to The Cradle, which has been supporting the Mary Rose hull for decades! 💛

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2020-11-06

Day 29 of ‘Exhibition’

The current exhibition explores the first animals; new life forms that evolved in the sea over half a billion years ago and laid the foundations for the body plans of all subsequent animal life

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2019-11-29

Day 26
My something new this year is being named a Radical Changemaker!

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2019-11-27

- Day 25 - Environment - great art can help interpret a past environment! These great examples by show what the Morrison Formation may have looked like ~150 million years ago. Brian always puts exceptional and well thought out details into his work.

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2019-11-26

Catch up Day 15: Has to be for her passion, determination, drive and unfailing kindness and support. Privileged to have followed you

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2019-11-22

- Transport. We're often asked how we managed to get the Tivvy Bumper in our Transport Gallery.. the answer of course is that we built the building around it! Here it is en route in 1978 and after installation in 1979. The engine remains probably our best loved exhibit.

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2019-11-21

Row, row row your Stanley Ferry Log boat - well maybe not this one! A rare Anglo – Scandinavian find, has highlighted Wakefield’s Viking history. On display in Wakefield Library, above Wakefield Museum, on loan from 🚣‍♂️

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2019-11-21

Day 20 It is always where our specimens come from! Many use bioluminescence. On the underside of this Hatchet fish you can see the light organs which hide it from predators, while the eyes point up to look for prey.

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2019-11-21

Amazing amount of space in the off site store of the National Museum of Iceland, in Reykjavik, seen on a site tour during a disaster planning conference last year. Energy supplied by geothermal energy

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2019-11-19