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Darwin's 40 year with former Director Joseph Hooker was the most profound & scientifically significant of his life. even confided in him on his theory of the origin of species. Read their correspondence https://t.co/DgKxcF1VYn

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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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One reason why I have a is that I get to work with incredible collections . I have had the privilege to lay out the Vale of York Viking hoard several times over the last few years as it has been one of the key parts of our tour.

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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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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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Much of Thomas Layton's archaeological collection is on loan to with many items on display in their galleries. https://t.co/1WkDIXXfZG

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2018-11-24

Beautiful coloured engravings of Richmond Park from 1775. Artist: Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain. Prints from the Layton Collection. https://t.co/EXhp0hFXeJ

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2018-11-23

This 1956 Study of birds, insects, squirrels and hedgehogs by Rowland Hilder is from the Birds & Beasts book. It also featured in an educational poster that was distributed free to schools at the time.

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2018-11-23


...A sepia photograph showing Elijah Cadman sitting astride an elephant, India, c.1910. - Elijah Cadman was one of the the first members of the Christian Mission and toured the world with founder, William Booth.

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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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Day 22 Our Programming & Marketing Supervisor Bronwyn is 'Swimming with Seals' this book explores how swimming with seals, gulls & orcas in the cold waters off Orkney helped Victoria Whitworth deal with intolerable loss

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This amazing records coins from a Roman denarius hoard found in York in 1840. They were dispersed in the large collection of for over a century until a student came and painstakingly reconnected them with their original provenance in 2017.

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19. I love unrealised museum architectures. almost had an object barn & nearly became a college-style quad). No images to hand.

I do have a Pier Luigi Nervi sketch of the 1967 concept though. Read on it here https://t.co/C43mfZWQhK

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2018-11-19

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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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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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

This is our 'something Big' from our collection for Day 16 of . Also created by a big artist - the brilliant Tom Purvis for the 1930 lorry bill campaign.

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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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At the 1862 London International Exhibition the Timber Trophy soared 100ft upwards, signalling a land of opportunity. Pieces survive in the collection, including one stamped Port Arthur, the prison where inmates prepared the

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