Collections Assistant Joy wonders how pieces of broken Victorian china ended up in her back garden and discovers the answer lies in ‘The Dust Destructor’, used by the Victorians to sort domestic waste and recycle. When I first moved to … Continued
Collections Assistant Joy Whittam on past Christmas wishes, now on display as part of What’s in the Box in Hove Museum. In 1971, aged 9, I wrote my annual letter to Santa Claus with my Christmas list of ‘wished for’ … Continued
Here’s the latest story from our What’s in the Box display. Piecing together the history of the Terracotta chess set. When carefully opening one of our hundreds of storage boxes I found, what I thought was, an extraordinary chess set. … Continued
Here’s the latest story from our What’s in the Box display. This beautifully made wooden model of the church organ in Stanford Avenue Methodist Church Brighton was made by a Mr DA Wright – perhaps a worshipper at the church? … Continued
Here’s the latest story from our What’s in the Box display. Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) started writing and illustrating with her first book ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ published in 1901. Her scientific interests as a naturalist and knowledge of animal … Continued
Edward Lovett collection rediscovered behind-the-scenes at Royal Pavilion & Museums Our newest objects entered into our “What’s in the Box?” display at Hove Museum come from Collections Assistant Joy Whittam. When cataloguing the toy collection in the museum stores Joy came across a dusty box which contained some intriguing figures. The figures appeared to be … Continued
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