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1 - 'A piece of iron cut by the Acetylene Gas & Oxygen Process out of one of the old boilers in the Natural History Museum, after being in use for 36 years. 15 Jul 1914'
2 - A pair of epaulettes
3 - The Karl Jordan Medal of the Lepidopterists' Society, presented to Ackery, Phillip
4 - A selection of identification and date stamps used by the Natural History Museum
5 - Attendant's hat
6 - Attendant's hat from the Geological Museum
7 - A pocket geological hammer and chisel set, belonging to RI Murchison, in a leather case
9 - The remains of a shell that fell on the botanical gallery during the First World War
10 - The nose of a shell, presumably that fell on the building during the First World War
11 - The remains of a shell that fell on the reptile gallery, and the remains of a shell that fell on the rodent room during the First World War
12 - Fire Bucket
13 - Fire Bucket
14 - Natural History Museum Gatekeeper's uniform jacket
15 - Natural History Museum Attendant's uniform jacket
16 - Buttons and lower arm facings
17 - A piece of decorative metalwork
18 - A suitcase belonging to Arthur Smith Woodward
19 - Hand stamp with ivory handle and metal seal
20 - Medal of the Society for the History of Natural History, awarded to museum archivist John Thackray
21 - OBE Medal of AC Townsend, museum librarian, with certificate
22 - Tin Air Raid Warden Hats marked 'BMNH', used during the Second World War
23 - Stencil for the sign 'The Director, British Museum (Nat.Hist)'
24 - Coin of Elizabeth I found on the site of the new Palaeotolongy Building (East Wing)
25 - NHM at Tring Staff Badges
27 - Newspapers removed from the Blue (Wexford) Whale Skeleton
28 - British Museum (Natural History) stationery
29 - Newspaper fragment removed from Sunfish
30 - Miniature 'coffin' crafted by Museum carpenters and containing ash of burned orginal gallery cabinetry
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Entomology Artwork
Entomology Artwork
George Robert Milne Murray Papers
George Robert Milne Murray Papers
Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act – the campaign to end the plumage trade
Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act – the campaign to end the plumage trade
Tring Museum Photographs
Tring Museum Photographs
Geological Museum: Moon rock display
Geological Museum: Moon rock display
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