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Day 17: Collector

The World Rugby Museum collection includes over 38,000 pieces of rugby memorabilia. From trophies, caps and jerseys to tickets, programmes and dinner menus it is a treasure trove of history!

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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

Day 13: food. Last summer at , I randomly stumbled upon The Flux and the Puddle, 2014. This ferocious, shrieking pineapple couple was just one of the surprising details in the room-sized installation that I discovered.

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2018-11-13

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

Day 9: "after dark." I love visiting museum at night, because the buildings and galleries often take on a dramatic mood, which highlights certain details that are imperceptible during the day.

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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

A bonus entry for day 6. This intriguing label for a jar of pickled plums claims that they were bottled on 4th August 1914, the day broke out.

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2018-11-06

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

For of we have a Maori greenstone mere (hand club) from New Zealand, 1800-1884. Hand labeled by Annie Russell-Cotes herself. She often hand labeled items which she enjoyed the most!

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2018-11-06

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

Day 3: Self Portrait

Meet Emily Valentine, a pioneer of women's rugby. In 1887, aged 10, she convinced the boys at her school to let her join in a game. Although not quite the first female player, she is proof that from the earliest times rugby was not just for men.

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2018-11-03

Day 2 of is and we are celebrating the opening today of our latest exhibition, 'China: Through the Lens of John Thomson' so here are a few of our faves on display. Works for too!

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2018-11-02

The forerunner to Pontefract Museum was a small volunteer run museum at Pontefract Castle. This 1892 catalogue lists 256 objects. The photo shows displays at Castle Lodge in the 1950s.

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2018-11-01

In 1956 the museum moved to the former Georgian music saloon and Mechanics Institute on Wood St. The displays followed the fashion for period room settings.

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2018-11-01

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