Have you ever wondered what a woolly mammoth would look like wrapped up like a present? Why not cut out your favourite items from our collections out of old wrapping paper to find out.


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《おうちで楽しむコレクション》🎨
収蔵作品の中から今回ご紹介する作品は、 《結氷》(1930年)。静かな時間が流れる、冬の湖の光景です。
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Today is day 10 of Arty Advent with Lancaster and District Art Society!

The Homecoming
by Kathy McAdam
Oil on box canvas

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Coming soon! A new themed Digital Toddler time. Full of fun things that families can do together all about Christmas! You won’t want to miss it!

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A little bit of ‘Mo’ for Movember from the museum collection this week. Visit our collections from home page to find out more about this handsome moustached chap.
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in 1821, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon was born.

Image: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906) ‘Garden Scene’, 1900, watercolour on paper, 17.5cm x 25.5cm, John Pennefather Bequest 1987.


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This week's Portrait from the Swindon Collection is by Henry Moore who was a WW2 war artist and regarded as one of the most significant British artists of the 20th century.
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Three Women and a Child
1944

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Robert Dighton (1751–1814)
A Dutch dogger towing into Port, by the Lively Frigate & Blast Fire-Ship
Issued as a print, 25 July 1781
Ink and watercolour on paper

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The Dandy's Disaster!
1800s

Get a glimpse of some of our collection artwork to find out what The Cartoon Museum is all about here:
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When it gets dark why not play a story telling game. This works best played with other people. Gather up some objects from your house and put them in a bag, pick them out one at a time and tell a story using the objects.

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✏️ Caption contest! What's going on in this picture?

📋 Mary Nimmo Moran (1842-1899), "A California Forest," 1888. Etching, mezzotint, chine collé, 13 x 9 inches. Marie-Louise and Samuel R. Rosenthal Fund. Featured in Let Yourself Continue.

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Looking for some inspiration for some activities to do together as a family over the weekend? Why not download our Museum from Home booklet and get creative! We’d love to see what you make!

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《おうちで楽しむコレクション》🎨
収蔵作品の中から今回ご紹介する作品は、 《日本アルプス十二題 劔山の朝》(1926)。朝焼けに染まる剱岳の野営風景を捉えた清々しい作品です。
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We’d love to see pictures of what you make. And don’t forget to clean things before you use them, and always wash your hands! Don’t forget if you don’t want to keep your creations take them apart and recycle them!

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As the nights start to draw in why not play a story telling game. This works best played with other people. Gather up some objects from your house and put them in a bag, pick them out one at a time and tell a story using the objects.

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Today's snippet from the archive...Corruption in the Custom Service.

To read this snippet and more from the archives, visit:
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