Bexhill Museum
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We are an independent museum in Bexhill, East Sussex. Our collections include natural history, clothing and transport. Our opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11-4.
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Eothen #Atlantic #Ocean 27.11.1872. "We have been a week at sea, and a weary week it has been, and I don't think I have ever felt so worn out with a sea voyage before. It has been so rough that it has been quite impossible to do anything or to feel comfortable." #Brassey #Travel #History #1870s
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Plan Showing Route Of Proposed New Railway.
From Bragg's Wood, Bexhill To Crowhurst."
Bexhill Chronicle 27.11.1896. #Bexhill #Sussex #Victorian #Railway #Train #Station #History #1890s #ThrowbackThursday
From Bragg's Wood, Bexhill To Crowhurst."
Bexhill Chronicle 27.11.1896. #Bexhill #Sussex #Victorian #Railway #Train #Station #History #1890s #ThrowbackThursday
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Plan Showing Route Of Proposed New Railway.
From Bragg's Wood, Bexhill To Crowhurst."
Bexhill Chronicle 27.11.1896. #Bexhill #Sussex #Victorian #Railway #Train #Station #History #1890s #ThrowbackThursday
From Bragg's Wood, Bexhill To Crowhurst."
Bexhill Chronicle 27.11.1896. #Bexhill #Sussex #Victorian #Railway #Train #Station #History #1890s #ThrowbackThursday
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Is it just us or is there a dog-like look to the sea monster in this 1576 map of Corfu?
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Is it just us or is there a dog-like look to the sea monster in this 1576 map of Corfu?
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#ReliefWednesday
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#ReliefWednesday
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
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Calanais Standing Stones to introduce admission fee museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Calanais Standing Stones to introduce admission fee museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...
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On the surprising wolf ancestry of dogs www.skeptophilia.com/2025/11/pack...
Pack mentality
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November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
On the surprising wolf ancestry of dogs www.skeptophilia.com/2025/11/pack...
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"Pevensey Historical Pageant. Episode III. The Coming of Christianity to Sussex. A.D. 686." July 1908. Bexhill Observer 20.6.1908. #WyrdWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Pevensey Historical Pageant. Episode III. The Coming of Christianity to Sussex. A.D. 686." July 1908. Bexhill Observer 20.6.1908. #WyrdWednesday
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#RodentOfTheDay Short-Tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla)
"Females are said to dominate males...These animals live in colonies ranging from small, with a few individuals, to large, with a hundred or more."
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chi...
"Females are said to dominate males...These animals live in colonies ranging from small, with a few individuals, to large, with a hundred or more."
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chi...
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#RodentOfTheDay Short-Tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla chinchilla)
"Females are said to dominate males...These animals live in colonies ranging from small, with a few individuals, to large, with a hundred or more."
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chi...
"Females are said to dominate males...These animals live in colonies ranging from small, with a few individuals, to large, with a hundred or more."
animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chi...
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Thetford Castle just visible through Sunday morning's torrential rain.
#HillfortsWednesday
#HillfortsWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Thetford Castle just visible through Sunday morning's torrential rain.
#HillfortsWednesday
#HillfortsWednesday
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Windy, breezy and changeable weather ahead: We’ve compiled some simple steps and partner advice that you can follow to ensure that you stay safe during strong winds 👉 bit.ly/3VZqfqU
#WeatherReady
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5 tips for staying safe in strong wind
When there is a wind warning in place, here are 5 tips for staying safe in strong winds.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Windy, breezy and changeable weather ahead: We’ve compiled some simple steps and partner advice that you can follow to ensure that you stay safe during strong winds 👉 bit.ly/3VZqfqU
#WeatherReady
#WeatherReady
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Ancient Gujarati artisans were incredibly accomplished. Enjoying this new article by Pallavi Mohanan on the Carnelian trade between India, Eurasia, & the Mediterranean. Fun fact that Romans believed Carnelian helped blood 🩸 related diseases when used with magic or rings.
zenodo.org/records/1750...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ancient Gujarati artisans were incredibly accomplished. Enjoying this new article by Pallavi Mohanan on the Carnelian trade between India, Eurasia, & the Mediterranean. Fun fact that Romans believed Carnelian helped blood 🩸 related diseases when used with magic or rings.
zenodo.org/records/1750...
zenodo.org/records/1750...
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Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age
Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
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November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life
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"Pevensey Historical Pageant. Episode 1. A Tale of the Coming of the Romans. Circa B.C. 54." The Druids Sacrifice. July 1908.
#WyrdWednesday #Pevensey #Druids #1900s
#WyrdWednesday #Pevensey #Druids #1900s
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Pevensey Historical Pageant. Episode 1. A Tale of the Coming of the Romans. Circa B.C. 54." The Druids Sacrifice. July 1908.
#WyrdWednesday #Pevensey #Druids #1900s
#WyrdWednesday #Pevensey #Druids #1900s
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Leeds in the '60s & a City Transport bus, 850 a 1957 AEC, is busy on route 62 as it prepares to pull away from traffic signals. The bus would have been in two-tone green livery with a Leeds oddity - the plain aluminium bonnet cover as why paint something that's going to get scratched? (BBC Archive)
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Leeds in the '60s & a City Transport bus, 850 a 1957 AEC, is busy on route 62 as it prepares to pull away from traffic signals. The bus would have been in two-tone green livery with a Leeds oddity - the plain aluminium bonnet cover as why paint something that's going to get scratched? (BBC Archive)
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The hefty Neanderthal nose wasn’t adapted to cold climates in the way many people thought it was, the first analysis of a well-preserved nasal cavity in the human fossil record has revealed.
Neanderthals' hefty noses weren’t well adapted to cold climates
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November 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The hefty Neanderthal nose wasn’t adapted to cold climates in the way many people thought it was, the first analysis of a well-preserved nasal cavity in the human fossil record has revealed.
We have this world record breaking car in our collection. It was built by the pupils of St Richard’s College and achieved the world record at Greenham Common on 25th September 1993.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We have this world record breaking car in our collection. It was built by the pupils of St Richard’s College and achieved the world record at Greenham Common on 25th September 1993.
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#Bexhill
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"Introduction Of Christianity Into Britain: Christian Missionaries Interrupting A Human Sacrifice." By J. E. Christie. In The Exhibition Of The Royal Society." The Illustrated London News 1.6.1878. #WyrdWednesday #Art #1870s
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Introduction Of Christianity Into Britain: Christian Missionaries Interrupting A Human Sacrifice." By J. E. Christie. In The Exhibition Of The Royal Society." The Illustrated London News 1.6.1878. #WyrdWednesday #Art #1870s
"The Misses Wilson and some of the 80 pupils of Winceby House who went to see a famous "old girl," Wendy Hiller, in "Pygmalion" at the Playhouse. With them is Mr Arthur Grevatt, the manager." Bexhill Observer 26.11.1938. #Bexhill #Sussex #School #Pygmalion #Film #Cinema #History #1930s #WendyHiller
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"The Misses Wilson and some of the 80 pupils of Winceby House who went to see a famous "old girl," Wendy Hiller, in "Pygmalion" at the Playhouse. With them is Mr Arthur Grevatt, the manager." Bexhill Observer 26.11.1938. #Bexhill #Sussex #School #Pygmalion #Film #Cinema #History #1930s #WendyHiller
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Sunbeam #Milos #Aegean 26.11.1874. "We landed at 9am, & Evie, Munie & I on donkeys, the gentlemen on foot...This track led to a curious subterranean grotto...short walk brought us to massive tufa walls, apparently of the Cyclopean period...Here the beautiful Venus of Milo was discovered." #Brassey
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Very very tiny & quite amazing wasp found at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
A 0.8mm long female Paracentrobia pulchella wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 15.5.2025 on the saltmarsh at Rye Harbour. This is a very common species around the Nature Reserve, with large populations throughout the summer.
#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #RyeHarbour
#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae #RyeHarbour
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Very very tiny & quite amazing wasp found at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
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This is the taller of 2 menhirs near Kerscaven in Penmarch (Finistère). It stands 6m tall and is a slab with 2 distinctive profiles; the broad faces are rutted from weathering and have a jagged top, the narrow ones are smooth. Card mis-captioned by Neurdein 1909 or earlier.
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is the taller of 2 menhirs near Kerscaven in Penmarch (Finistère). It stands 6m tall and is a slab with 2 distinctive profiles; the broad faces are rutted from weathering and have a jagged top, the narrow ones are smooth. Card mis-captioned by Neurdein 1909 or earlier.
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The impressive, multivallate Iron Age hillfort of Cadbury Castle encloses a roughly triangular hill above the river Yeo in #Somerset
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The impressive, multivallate Iron Age hillfort of Cadbury Castle encloses a roughly triangular hill above the river Yeo in #Somerset
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday