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Food Miss Lucy iconic South African fish, and Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Pinot Gris blend. Enjoy the wine but leave the over-exploited fish https://t.co/QawmJS8JcF red-listed

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2018-11-13

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

Favourite object from the Layton Collection has to be the "Brentford Horn Cap", a beautiful design chariot fitting, probably found in the Thames near dated between 100BC – 50AD. Now kept at the Museum of London. https://t.co/AKBXeEiETq

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2018-11-12

My in the natural history collections would have to be one of the Blaschka Glass models. Which one I can't decide because they are all beautiful in their own way! https://t.co/7EvzhL3xnB

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2018-11-12

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

For today's theme - museum love story - we present you with a walking stick, engraved 'from Joseph Dalton Hooker to Hyacinth Hooker 1906'. Gifted by director Joseph to his wife, the was salvaged from the original C18th Kew bridge.

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2018-11-07

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

Rather than plump for something big and furry for today’s topic of I thought we should appreciate some of the smaller, but nevertheless beautiful and important examples in the Animal Kingdom

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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

When the Field Museum moved to Lake Shore Drive in 1920, vertebrate paleontology displays were set up in hall 38. Can you tell what this space is used for today?

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2018-11-02

Another black and white image for A microcline crystal showing characteristic tartan twinning under a cross-polarised light. Microcline is a type of feldspar, and is a common mineral in some slow-cooled igneous rocks such as granites.

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2018-11-02

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

1. My museum is but it isn’t really *mine* because it’s for everyone else. It’s made it’s mark in different ways over the years

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2018-11-01

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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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