Amberley Museum

At least they were separate and not joined together.

International Women's Day.
As illustrated by Helen, a skilled train driver here at Amberley!

If someone could provide us with megafaunal hide, we'd be happy to try our hands at stitching up toy mammoths!

We have a collection of past guide books at the moment, so our 3rd sentence on page 34 is:
Many of the vehicles in the hall cannot be used on the Museum's railway system because they are too fragile or built to gauges other than 2'0".
We feel we should have done better.

Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370–415 CE), brilliant Greek mathematician, astronomer, and Neoplatonist philosopher—the first woman known to head a major school of learning; she taught advanced mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy, advised civic leaders, and became a symbol of reason and intellectual freedom despite the era's gender and religious barriers. The black-and-white engraved portrait shows her in profile, facing left, with a serene, contemplative expression; she has an elegant neck, large eyes, and elaborate braided hair styled in a high bun wrapped with a headband, rendered in fine line work with soft shading on a plain background.

Hypatia of Alexandria (d. March 415) was a mathematician, astronomer & philosopher. First woman known to lead a major school of thought. She taught advanced math & #science & defied gender/religious barriers. There have been #WomenInSTEM for millennia.🔭📐

#WomensHistoryMonth #astronomy

We've made it to 500 followers!
We are ever so, EVER SO excited!
Thank you!

Ideal for Spring/Autumn wear.
Suitable for modern ladies as well as gentlemen.

That's a beautiful nose.
Just needs an escaped whisker or two...

This! This! There is so much already held that has not been properly studied.

Did you know that it's National Pig Day today?
Whilst we can't do porcines with ears, snouts and curly tails, we thought of pig iron like this.
This is iron once it's been smelted from ore before it's then made into wrought iron, cast iron or stainless steel and we have A LOT of those on site.

This is our Rural Telephone Exchange.
It used to be a fuel store many moons ago but now houses equipment from the 1940s.
It runs our internal telephone system.
And it still works when we have a power cut!

We love octopots!

It's good to see that steps have been taken to prevent the Bishop getting a chilly bottom.

That is just glorious!

Do you think there are coffee cosies for coffee pots?

It's just invented for really ostentatious vacuuming.
'Look, everyone! It's me! I'm doing CLEANING! Give me lots of applause and treats!'

If people in pre-Roman Britain were mining flint, surely it makes sense that they progressed to mining other materials as well?

Want a go with our Vacuum Cleaner?
Dates from 1903 but you could haul it along the walkways and drape the hoses attractively over the barriers.

We made pots! On a wheel and everything!
We're wheely quite proud of these, although the jug was a bit of an accident.
Not quite up to the standards of Samian ware or Crown Derby but we're working on it.

No! It's a lovely little site.

Classic.

We thought they were just looking for the figs.

This is a steam engine with its jacket on and off.
We didn't know that they look like a wrapped Mini Chocolate Roll underneath.
This is Polar Bear, who is undergoing a truly substantial amount of renovation and conservation and should be full steam ahead later this year.

Love the colour. It looks like aged chain mail!

Being an industrial museum, we are a repository of useful(less) information often unknown to others.
Today is the birthday of the great Harry Brearley in 1871, who invented stainless steel.
He made cleaning many things and the washing up so much easier.

Being recorded in a database doesn't allow for future developments in technology to explore these items.
Neither does it protect against them being lost.

Fair enough. The ears are rather small for a mouse, though.
Not that we're being picky about mediaeval manuscripts.

We need to up the backlash to discourage others from behaving in a similar manner.

Perhaps we need to join in with some modern ones.

So disappointing.
Archaeology and history belong to us all, not just the wealthy.
Has it been studied? Conserved properly? Published?
Just depriving the rest of us of knowledge and understanding.