Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

'Olyset' mosquito net

2005

"Paraflo" plate

At home HPV (human papillomavirus) self-screening test kit

2020-2021

Brown Ale Home Brewing kit, 1986

1986

Applicator for contraceptive cream Antemin

1900-1930

Jewellery made from polythene bags, England, 2004-2006

2004-2006

One packet of Tampax Pearl

2010-2018

Necklace decorated with recycled polythene bags, England, 2006

2006

Fiji artesian water bottle

2007

'Olyset' mosquito net in original packaging, Japan, 2005

2005

Insulated flask in polyethylene (PE) and polyurethane (PU) plastics

Prototype insulated food chest

1975

Sample of extruded polyethylene, 1938

1938

One packet of Tampax Pearl

2010-2018

Polythene walking stick

1938

Workshop leaflet made in 'Tyvek 10' spun-bonded high density polyethylene (HDPE), 1975

Workshop leaflet made in 'Tyvek 10' spun-bonded high density polyethylene (HDPE)

1975

Bottle of "Evramycin" capsules by John Wyeth and Brother Ltd., English

Bottle of "Evramycin" capsules by John Wyeth and Brother Ltd.

Specimen of polythene produced at the Wallerscote Pilot Plant of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., 22nd Dec.1938

Specimen of polythene produced at the Wallerscote Pilot Plant of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.

100 MicroAmp clear adhesive film sheets for sealing PCR plates, reference 43063111, made by Life Technologies Corporation in the United Kingdom for Applied Biosystems, ThermoFisher Scientific, of the type used at Cambridge COVID-19 Test Centre, based at the Anne McLaren Building on the University of Cambridge Biomedical Campus, April 2020 - April 2021

Sheets for sealing PCR test plates of the type used in COVID-19 testing

2015-2020

Collection of samples illustrating uses of low-density polyethylene, c. 1976.

Collection of samples illustrating uses of low-density polyethylene