Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

1938 and 1951

Replica of 16th century German 'Hund' wagon, 1986

1986 (replica); 1501-1600 (original)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Glass-stoppered bottle containing uranium

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

Model of Great Central Railway "Atlantic" Express Locomotive

1903 (original); 1982 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Glass tube drawn out at ends

1951-1900

Circular brass 2 scruple weight

1950-1930

Several straight suture needles

1950-1920

Post-nasal curette

1971-1900

Small stub-stemmed meerschaum tobacco pipe

1950-1900

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

McVitie Weston valve collection, Osram valve, type U50

1941

McVitie Weston valve collection, MOV valve, type X41

1941

McVitie Weston valve collection, valve, type NR77

1941

Shaving sticks

between 1937 and 1953

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Tattooing set consisting of fibre brush and wooden blade-handle

1970-1910

Sample of fabric and wood from the original Wright Brothers 1903 aircraft

1903; 1948

It's Quicker by Rail - York

1941

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

1972-3

Japanese aero-meteorograph

1941

Visibility meter

circa 1941

Barograph

1941

Dovercourt Bay

1941

public road level crossings instructions to station masters, signalmen and crossing keepers

1941

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

Wax anatomical model of lower abdomen showing mycosis fungoides

1941

Cast plaster model

1980-1910

Projector

1941

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Simple aquatic microscope, with box-foot stand

1795-1805

Bust on wooden base of Andrew Ross

1859; 1986

Sensitive Hair Element

1941

First Aid Field Dressing Pack

1941

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Copy of Justus von Liebig's Death Mask, 1873

1873 (original); 1990 (copy)

Amulet showing Anubis

4000-30 BCE

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000