University of Exeter Special Collections

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22 July 2026 10:57

The feeling when you enter the air-conditioned Reading Room and finally feel cool again! This illustration of a sea monster can be found in our sixteenth-century atlas of the counties of England and Wales by Christopher Saxton. 📷 Rare books B 1590/SAX/XX

Barnsley Museums

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20 May 2026 15:31

We're making a beeline to our collections database for #WorldBeeDay 🐝 'Honeycomb' Vase by Phillip Richardson for Moorcroft

University of Exeter Special Collections

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20 May 2026 15:31

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the bees, for today is their special day! 🐝 This engraved frontispiece by Thomas Loveday is from ‘Melisselogia: Or, the Female Monarchy…’, a book about bees by John Thorley, published in 1744. 📷 Reserve 595.799 THO #WorldBeeDay #BeeDay #RareBooks

Buckinghamshire Archives

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01 April 2026 08:49

While we're hard at work planning out our events for Heritage Open Days, we thought we'd share a blog post we wrote for them a little while ago! In it we discuss some of the weirder items we've found in our collection, including bullets, dog bitten documents, and bizarre photos from Milton Keynes.

K.H.I.

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26 March 2026 14:38

Do you hold any cookbooks or what would have served that function in your collection and if so when will do you a podcast episode on them?