This Christmas present was sent in 1916 all the way from Egypt during the First World War from Michael Dillon, ‘Mick’, who was serving in t...

All of the archaeological objects in our collections have been made, used, owned and finally lost by people and for nearly all of them we ha...

Back in 1856 a hoard of three Bronze vessels dating to the Roman period was discovered by chance near to the town of Sandy. Roman and Anglo ...

In 1839, after what some considered a meagre Coronation for Queen Victoria, one man, Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, decided t...

One of the nicest things about the redevelopment is that the curatorial team now share an office. In the past I would have to walk from my o...

As we will be commemorating Remembrance Day tomorrow on the 11 th hour of the 11 th day, of the 11 th   month, of 2011, today's blog ...

 Our object of the week is a special First World War medal, awarded to Sergeant Augustus Edwin Brawn. Sergeant Brawn was the only person in...