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Documentation Discoveries

Find out about rare objects, exciting collections and unusual specimens discovered in the course of The Museum’s Inventory Project.

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Some artefacts from this collection

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17th Century Gunmoney Half-Crown Coin

17th Century Gunmoney Half-Crown Coin

1690

A Bear, a Sea-horse and a Greenlander

A Bear, a Sea-horse and a Greenlander

Acquired 1857

Canadian Pseudo-fossil

Canadian Pseudo-fossil

Discovered 1850s

Collection of Fossils

from Florissant, Colorado, USA

Collection of Fossils

c.34 million years old

A Consequential Cache

A Consequential Cache

Neolithic period

Deck of Italian Tarot Cards

Deck of Italian Tarot Cards

19th century

Delicate and Beautiful Japanese Wood-Block Print by Hokusai

Delicate and Beautiful Japanese Wood-Block Print by Hokusai

1827 - 1830

A Face From The Past

A Face From The Past

Iron Age

A Fossil Crinoid: Dimerocrinus Decadactylus

A Fossil Crinoid: Dimerocrinus Decadactylus

Silurian period

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