List of Objects
Telling a history of our world through objects
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2000 - 2010
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Dr Marten Boots
These are a pair of Boots I have had since I was 15, They came with me though out me teenage years, have been to many ...
Contributed by Individual
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Solar-powered lamp and charger
A solar-powered lamp with a charger for mobile phones that can provide renewable energy to the developing world
Contributed by The British Museum
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RUSSIA CONVOY WHITE ENSIGN
I was a Signalman aboard H.M.S. Watchman - destroyer - Russian Convoy Feb/March 1944. After 4 days at Action-Stations I ...
Contributed by Individual
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Possum Skin Jacket
Possum skin jackets were popular with Aborigines who lived in south-east Australia (present-day Victoria and New South ...
Contributed by Museum
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Icon
This object was featured on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Wales religious affairs programme "All Things Considered" on behalf of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Industrial Robot
Time progresses and technologies join. The robot, the marriage of two ages, mechanical and electrical, mechatronics. The ...
Contributed by Museum
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Parlor guitar
This is a reproduction of a late 1800s parlor guitar by the Martin Guitar company.
Parlor or parlour guitar usually ...
Contributed by Individual
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A Pig – The Guildhall Market
King Bladud's Pigs public art event of 2008 was a resounding success and one of the most popular pigs was 'Juturna' ...
Contributed by Individual
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Banksy's Paint Pot Angel
Banksy’s urban art has a universal and timeless appeal - the bandit and folk hero fighting corporate culture.
Contributed by Museum
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Dolly the Sheep
Dolly the Sheep hit the headlines in 1997 as the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
Contributed by Museum
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Ellen Macarthur's food
THIS OBJECT IS PART OF THE PROJECT 'A HISTORY OF CORNWALL IN 100 OBJECTS'.
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL. ...
Contributed by Museum
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Silver vase copy from 400 dC original
My father Bruno Sonaglio is an Italian silver embosser and engraver. When visiting the Archaelogical Museum in Florence ...
Contributed by Individual
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Necklaces from a Karen refugee camp
These traditional necklaces are made of different coloured beads. They were made by Karen refugees from Myanmar (Burma).
Contributed by Museum
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Muslim prayer compass
This is prayer comapss is one of the first Muslim objects collected by St Fagans: National History Museum.
Contributed by Museum
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Armoured vest
This armoured vest was worn in 2003 during the invasion of Iraq by a soldier in The Black Watch.
Contributed by Museum
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Edie's Aboriginal Woomera
This woomera belongs to my family.
A woomera is an Australian multipurpose tool and a symbol of male power. The ...
Contributed by Individual
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Daddy Box
My object is my Daddy box which was my Auntie's idea. It is important to me because my Daddy died when I was younger, it ...
Contributed by Individual
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Georgia's Travelling Women Art Piece
My object is a painting called Travelling Women by Nellie Marks Nakamarra. It is an Australian Aboriginal painting.
My ...
Contributed by Individual
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Letter about Dad's organ donations
My object is not really historical but it is important to me because it is about my dad who died on Boxing Day 2006. It ...
Contributed by Individual
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Afghan War Rug
This rug found its way from northern Afghanistan to Okinawa as a result of a carpet trade created to serve an off-base ...
Contributed by Individual
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Portrait of Harry Patch
Harry Patch was born at Combe Down, near Bath, on 17 June 1898. He was the last surviving British soldier to have fought ...
Contributed by Museum
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Credit card
Credit card, the first form of electronic payment, issued in the United Arab Emirates and Shari'a law compliant
Contributed by The British Museum
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Boat sails on the keyboard
This object was made during the Prix Italia media event in Cagliari, Sardinia in Italy. Its fine structure says a lot ...
Contributed by Individual
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Our Victorian Garden
This is our Infant Victorian Garden, where our children can watch Punch and Judy Shows on the beach just like the ...
Contributed by Individual
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Lego kingdom
This is what was stocked away in my Nan's spare room after 5 or 6 years. I have no idea when it was made, only when I ...
Contributed by Individual
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BMW R series GS Motorcycle
BMW originally built motorcycles using modified aircraft engines developed in the 1920s.
In the 1970s Whilst the car ...
Contributed by Individual
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Hologram of Maiman's laser
Theodore Maiman created the world's first laser in 1960. Since then, this revolutionary light source has been ...
Contributed by Individual
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Max John Christopher Lambert’s Blanket
This is a knitted cotton blanket. It was made by Charlotte, a well respected hand knitting fabric company. They make ...
Contributed by Individual
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Obama Inauguration Paperweight
This paperweight was given to the contributor as a gift in commemoration of President Obama's inauguration and that of ...
Contributed by Individual
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Peruvian Pottery
This item was given to the contributor as a gift and she treasures it for its associated memories as well as the quality ...
Contributed by Individual
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Head of Asfara from Orissa
The sculpture comes from remote jungle hills in the Orissa province of India. The Bastar Tribes have been fabulous ...
Contributed by Individual
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Vivienne Westwood design
Ms Westwood was heavily influenced by corset design of the 19th Century, although she had access to much more modern ...
Contributed by Museum
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Vivienne Westwood dress
Ms Westwood maintained her corsetry style of the 1990s but with much different design elements. This dress is fastened ...
Contributed by Museum
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my teddy
My teddy is a bear which i have had since i was 7. It is a teddy that i brought for my mum for mothers day but she let ...
Contributed by Individual
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music box
this is a music box i got when i was a baby, its a fox from beatrix potter. it plays the tune "Oh, what a wonderful ...
Contributed by Individual
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Barack Obama souvenir basketball
My object was purchased for ten dollars at a party in suburban Washington DC on January 20th 2009. A few hours earlier ...
Contributed by Individual
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Silicon chip disc
The highly polished silicon disc is a thing of beauty and encompasses a history of technology looking back to the simple ...
Contributed by Individual
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Silver Dollar recovered after 9/11
My object is an American Silver Dollar, often called a Silver Eagle. This is a pure silver bullion coin weighing one ...
Contributed by Individual
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Silver Dollar recovered after 9/11
My object is an American Silver Dollar, often called a Silver Eagle. This is a pure silver bullion coin weighing one ...
Contributed by Individual
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Traditional clinker built wooden dinghy
Boats are the single most important objects in the history of the world, bringing migrants, spreading civilisations, ...
Contributed by Individual
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Rattley Box
This is a simple, traditional toy made for the amusement of children. It is formed from rushes woven around a few loose ...
Contributed by Individual
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A Business Card
It’s only a business card and a cheap one at that. White with a blue graphic that looks like the sun or moon in the ...
Contributed by Individual
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Bionic Hand
The i-LIMB hand, made by Touch Bionics of Livingston, was in 2007 the world’s first commercially available bionic hand ...
Contributed by Museum
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Throne of Weapons
Throne made by an artist from Mozambique from European weapons used in and collected after the civil war
Contributed by The British Museum
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Interacting with the World Wide Web
This object was designed specifically for the purpose of connecting to the World Wide Web and specifically identifies ...
Contributed by Individual
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Matthew Wilson's Plastic Plant Pots
My choice is an object of no aesthetic quality whatsoever, and of our recent history, but one which has revolutionised ...
Contributed by Individual
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Small porcelain figure of dog
Made by Royale Stratford Porcelain of Stoke as a one off piece after I had tried to buy one of their standard pieces. ...
Contributed by Individual
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Rope made of yak hair
This rope of yak hair, nearly 6m (20ft) long was hand woven by Afghan people from the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. ...
Contributed by Individual
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Bunny Guinness' Mud Hut
People are surprised that mud buildings can last for many years, even in England's wet climate. There are still some mud ...
Contributed by Individual
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Social piece of furniture #6, A. Ruhwald
Social piece of furniture #6 was made by Anders Ruhwald in 2008 and acquired by the Crafts Council Collection in 2009 ...
Contributed by Museum