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Expand 1 - Behind the scenes at the Museum: photographs taken from glass lantern slides1 - Behind the scenes at the Museum: photographs taken from glass lantern slides
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1 - Behind the scenes at the Museum: Printing room
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30 - Behind the scenes at the Museum: Department of Mineralogy, part of the library
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4 - 35 mm colour slides of Museum gallery views and construction of the new East Wing; 1968-1978
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Entomology Artwork
Entomology Artwork
George Robert Milne Murray Papers
George Robert Milne Murray Papers
Museum at War
Museum at War
Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act – the campaign to end the plumage trade
Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act – the campaign to end the plumage trade
Geological Museum: Moon rock display
Geological Museum: Moon rock display
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