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'Why Museums?' is the final theme for and we think it is all about and and this family agreed when taking part in our summer workshops, whilst learning about the Suffragette movement and

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2018-11-30

Day 27: Pictured here is actual 'Buried Treasure' found herbarium - in the form of a Hemerocallis. We also have diamonds and pearls galore 🥰

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2018-11-27

Day 26. As anyone working in herbaria knows, ours is a Mine has taken me around the world, given me access to collections made by stars of the past and the present, allows me unlimited access Chelsea Flower Show and to work with outstanding people

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2018-11-26

for made us think of the wonderful Malcolm Arbuthnot’s glorious painting of ‘A lane in St Peter’.

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2018-11-26

Today's is and it couldn't be more perfectly timed! Our biggest ever exhibition opens today at Christchurch Mansion. Rodin and Suffolk Sculpture.

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2018-11-24

Day 23. Gale in the Atlantic, icebergs, Seal Rocks San Francisco and the Straits of Magellan, there are lots of watercolours showing in the William Lloyd notebooks https://t.co/KS7B0goLWk

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2018-11-23

today celebrates the - so who better to remember than David Gainsborough Roberts? In 2011 we held an exhibition of his collected dresses and we have his in our collection.

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2018-11-18

This is art Jack Beddington who, as Publicity Manager from 1932 to 1939, was a revolutionary figure in Shell’s advertising history. Find out more about him in our AtoZ https://t.co/7eC4Vz11Tq

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2018-11-17

Megatherium is an extinct species of giant ground sloth. Charles Darwin Collected several fossils relating to Megatherium while exploring South America on the Voyage of the Beagle. (2/5)

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2018-11-16

This rare raincloak incorporates over 1,500 mountain daisy (Celmisia) — or 'tikumu'—leaves. Due to their beautiful suede-like texture and natural water-resistance, it is also known as the 'leather plant’. Read more: https://t.co/DCPZcUBh84 [#Museum30 ~ Day 10:

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2018-11-10

Lillie Langtry was an actress, a mistress, a muse, a business woman, inspiring and always

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2018-11-08

Day 6 - Label. Labels are so important! In storage - the loss of a label could erase all provenance for that object. On display - the message they give visitors is vital, misinformation is the devil! Here, a 100 year old label for our rare bundle of Kangaroo sinew

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2018-11-07

We have the obligatory stuffed in Jersey Museum - but one of our more unusual animals is a dog made from cigarette packets - we affectionately call him ‘Benson’

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2018-11-05

I’m gonna give the challenge a crack, credit to . Swipe to see the teaching lab museum collection - glass display cases, animals in ethanol, boxes and boxes of pinned insects, and some specimens in storage out the back.

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2018-11-01

With so many things in the how can we choose just one to be our We asked around and here some our

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2017-12-08

Guess the Your hint: all of these mammals are now extinct ➕ all of these mammals lived in North Florida between 20 million & 9 million years ago.

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2017-12-05

Day 11: a photo to sum up your job

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2017-12-03

= Day 11 = Sums up your job = Chose this painting of a theatre crowd by Hippolyte Michaud from as my job is about helping audiences enjoy and access culture https://t.co/jbRTYcOjGH

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2017-12-03

That's not a storm we'd like to be caught in. Image: by William Hilton (1786–1839), Calderdale Council Collection

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2017-12-01

Image: Self Portrait by Irene Thompson,
Calderdale Council Collection

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2017-11-27