Curator’s Choice – Magnificent Moths
Catherine Knight, Collections Assistant Archaeology, showcases the moths in the North Lincolnshire Museums collection.
“I picked these because I really like the moths in the collection, they’re a very interesting collection of objects, I suppose. We don’t get to put out them on display very often because they’re quite fragile, so I wanted to show you some of what we’re got tucked away in the store.
They’ve got a bit of an unfair reputation as being small brown, boring creatures that only come out at night so I’d like to show you some of the more spectacular species we’ve got in the collection.”
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Curator’s Choice – A Venetian Soldino in Lincolnshire
A closer look at Venetian soldino in the Museums collection.
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Curator’s Choice – Atkinson’s Illustrations
A closer look at the drawings of Alfred Atkinson for the Brigg Court of Sewers.
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Curator’s Choice – Bill’s Letters to Home
A closer look at a series of letters sent by William ‘Bill’ Smith to his fiancé Evelyn Goodacre.
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Curator’s Choice – Boy’s Dresses
A closer look at the clothes worn by Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald as a small boy.
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Curator’s Choice – Fowler’s Mosaics
A closer look at William Fowler of Winterton’s engravings of mosaics.
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Curator’s Choice – Of Mourning and Bonnets
A closer look at a selection of Victorian mourning bonnets.
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Curator’s Choice – Reverend Parkinson’s Waistcoat
A closer look at the Reverend Parkinson’s waistcoat.
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Curator’s Choice – Riley’s Crisp Factory
A closer look at Scunthorpe’s Riley’s Crisp Factory.
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Curator’s Choice – Stukeley’s Itinerarium Curiosum
A closer look at William Stukeley’s book, the Itinerarium Curiosum.
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Curator’s Choice – The Flintlock Flint
A closer look at gunflints.
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Curator’s Choice – The Thresher
A closer look at the threshing machine.
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Curator’s Choice – The Unassuming Plough Pebble
A closer look at Medieval plough pebbles.
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Curator’s Choice – The Wroot Axe
A closer look at the Neolithic Wroot Axe.
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