Image
Category
Collection
On Display
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Archive
Date

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

1938 and 1951

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

1801-1892 (prepared); 1946 (element replaced)

Images showing West Indian migrants arriving at London’s Waterloo station in May 1962

1962-05

Clinical thermometer

1970-1900

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Every ready battery, 1917

1917

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Now our people are going to customer care school. We hope you notice a difference

1985-04

Flying Scotsman Australian tickets

1989-08

Several straight suture needles

1950-1920

Post-nasal curette

1971-1900

Tooth sponge, bone handle, 1865-1900

1965-1900

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Forth Bridge Railway Co. rivet from Forth Bridge

1888; 1984

Carlisle

1924 (original); 1975 (reproduction)

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Shell used as Ink and Paint Well, Egypt, 3000 BCE

3000 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Bestone Hammond B698 ornamental clock with three-valve radio, 1937, restored 1980

1937; 1980

Cast plaster model

1980-1910

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Shaving sticks

between 1937 and 1953

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

10-Inch JuniorTrig 0902 Aristo slide rule from the 1974 catalogue

1970-1875

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE