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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Jul 30

We also have a crinkle-crankle at Winterbourne House and Garden, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, built in 1904, here pictured in the 1930s.

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Jul 1

Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings?

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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · Jun 30

Edward Strutt (1st Baron Belper), who died #OnThisDay 1880, was Liberal MP for Derby 1830-48, Arundel 1851-2, Nottingham 1852-6. As Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster he wore this court dress; more on this in @archivewhg.bsky.social's guest post: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/f...

From Parliament to Fancy Dress: the life story of an MP’s court dress

In this guest blog, Henrietta Lockhart, Curator of Museum Collections at Winterbourne House and Garden, at the University of Birmingham, tells the story of a unique piece of costume once owned and …

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Jun 6

Has anyone come across this clothing brand? Probably 1940s or earlier? We have it on a cotton apron - house livery or waitress. @19cdandtreframed.bsky.social @katestrasdin.bsky.social @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social

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Dr Francesca Berry (she/her) @francescaberry.bsky.social · May 18

Just 2 weeks left of the beautifully curated ‘Rembrandt. Masterpieces in Black and White. Prints from the Rembrandt House Museum’ at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

Not just 40+ Rembrandts. Also 19C etching revival & 20C Birmingham etchers influenced by Rembrandt & the lure of light & dark.👌🏽

Rembrandt
The Shell (Conus marmoreus), 1650
Etching and drypoint, state 2(3)

Rembrandt
Self-Portrait in a Cap and Scarf, 1633
Etching, state 2(5)

Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914)
The Seine at Bas-Meudon, 1868
Etching

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · May 8

#VEDay Female students lived at #WinterbourneHouseandGarden from 1944, and recall the impact of rationing. “On Saturday and Sunday evenings we had ‘supper supplies’ - a slice of ham, an egg, a tomato, a piece of plastic cheese, and some bread…allocations of butter and margarine and sugar.”

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · May 7

#VEDay After the war Guest Keen & Nettlefolds (GKN) were keen to inform their employees about the contribution their products were making to reconstruction. This poster showed exactly how many screws went into a prefab house. #GKNarchive #WinterbourneHouseandGarden #WW2 @archiveswm.bsky.social

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 30

#Archive30 #WhyArchives Archives provide the bedrock for an infinite variety of projects! Our university interns contribute blog posts to our website about their discoveries. @arascot.bsky.social @theironroom.bsky.social @archiveswm.bsky.social
www.winterbourne.org.uk/blog/2024/12...

A passion for plants: women in botany - Winterbourne House and Garden

Discover the inspiring stories of women in botany at Winterbourne. Explore their contributions to the University Herbarium and the fascinating world of plant genetics.

www.winterbourne.org.uk

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 29

#Archive30 #ArchiveCollection The arrival of archive collections can be chaotic. The #Herbarium was moved to Winterbourne in one day - 1000+ boxes plus the wooden cabinets. Now it's a calm and tranquil space! @arascot.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social @herbarium.bsky.social @cuherb.bsky.social

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 28

Pretty scary cake!

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 28

#Archive30 #ArchiveBuildings Our store in the 1960s when it was first built as laboratories for the Botany Dept of the University of Birmingham. It now houses Winterbourne's archive and object stores, including the #Herbarium, #GKNarchive and family archives. @arascot.bsky.social

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 28

#Archive30 #ArchiveNightmares This series of hand-made lantern slides depicting Three Blind Mice is surely the stuff of nightmares! @arascot.bsky.social

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 28

#Archive30 This #ArchiveObject came to us with our #GuestKeen&Nettlefolds archive. We had no idea what it was until a volunteer came across a reference to the 'constant velocity joint' designed for the new #Mini in the 1960s! A piece of motoring history. @arascot.bsky.social #vintagecars

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RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social · Apr 26

This beautiful miniature cabinet of microscopic slide preparations belonged to Professor of Materia Medica, Ralph Stockman. With the obligatory pencil for scale! #Archive30 #ArchiveObject

A small wood cabinet with drawers opened displaying labelled microscopic histology slides of tissue preparations.

A small brown box with labels and a pencil lying beside it for scale.

The side view of a small wooden case with labels of named diseases.

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 25

#Archive30 #SomethingNew This portfolio, donated this year, was published in Birmingham for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Birmingham artists inc. Walter Langley contributed drawings which were reproduced as mounted prints. @arascot.bsky.social @archiveswm.bsky.social @theironroom.bsky.social

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Alpine Club Library @alpineclublib.bsky.social · Apr 19

Today is #ArchiveTravel for #Archive30

Due to the paucity of English mountains we're all about travel. Travel means mountains! ... and alpine dragons. So many dragons.
#ExploreYourArchive

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · Apr 24

Amy Malden's diary includes details of a tour of Switzerland in August 1898 and cycling tours through Kent, Devon, Surrey and North Wales. The diary includes photographs, postcards and pressed flowers and ferns. #Archive30 #PopularItem

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Pressed flowers and ferns collected during Amy's tour of Switzerland in August 1898.

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 24

I queued for hours with my mother to see this exhibition in 1972. Unforgettable.

Francesca Hillier @frannabel2010.bsky.social · Apr 21

The 1972 British Museum Tutankhamun exhibition was opened by Queen Elizabeth II. Members of the public wrote to the Trustees concerned about the perceived curse of the Tomb of Tutankhamun & risk of exposing the Queen to its dangers. Fortunately all went well! #Archive30 #ArchiveMyths #BritishMuseum

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 24

I remember consulting these records years ago as part of the Birmingham History Galleries project at Birmingham Museums Trust. A fantastic resource for social history.

Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · Apr 24

This photograph album of known or wanted criminals,1860-1930, is a #PopularItem #Archive30

Photograph of an album opened to show images of known or wanted criminals.

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 24

#Archive30 #PopularItem This tiny sketch book full of hand-painted #botanicalillustrations by Beatrice Nettlefold of Winterbourne always proves popular at handling sessions! @arascot.bsky.social @lukaslarge.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Justine Pick @justinepick.bsky.social · Apr 23

Become a Documentation Detective! Explore and transcribe #Birmingham Museums collection records online
New uploads released every three weeks - new uploads today!

Research | Documentation Detectives: Transcribing Accession Registers | Zooniverse - People-powered research

Transcribe Birmingham Museum's object accession registers to help us build an accessible collections database.

www.zooniverse.org

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 21

#Archive30 #CommunityArchives Our #GuestKeen&Nettlefolds archive at Winterbourne reflects the many communities within the company. During #WWII female employees enjoyed a strong community spirit and even taught each other dancing in the aisles. @arascot.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 21

#Archive30 #ArchiveAction 'The Way to Camp' by S.H.Walker (1946) offers all kinds of invaluable advice including the correct action when walking. As he says, 'Few townfolk know how to walk'. I am definitely guilty of what he calls the 'townie slouch'. @arascot.bsky.social @jdk653.bsky.social

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 21

#Archive30 #ArchiveMyths The collection of Welsh tales, the Mabinogion, finds a place in our industrial #GuestKeen&Nettlefolds archive. It was translated in the 1840s by Lady Charlotte Guest, industrialist, educator and philanthropist, whose husband ran the Dowlais Ironworks. @arascot.bsky.social

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Hen Lockhart @archivewhg.bsky.social · Apr 21

#Archive30 #FunandGames Evie and Nina Nettlefold loved real horses and ponies, and both look a little bit dissatisfied with this toy one! Taken around 1898. @arascot.bsky.social #vintagetoys

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