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One of the most iconic objects in our #Archaeology collection, the Manchester Wordsquare was found in an excavation in #Manchester city centre in 1978.A daily thread of awe & wonder
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A refugee’s life jacket from the island of Lesvos.We have many ancient objects but continue to collect, so we can tell some of the most important stories shaping our world
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A 20,000-year-old mammoth tooth from @CreswellCrags a limestone gorge on the border of Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire, home to Ice Age rock art & once inhabited by Neanderthals. The museum at
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The Noble Chafer is a beautiful iridescent beetle & star of our exhibition #MMBeautyandtheBeasts which invites you to encounter beauty in #minibeasts and fall in love with insects.Continuing our daily
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The Manchu headdress or dian zi was given to the museum by Mrs Wood-Jones in 1939. She was the wife of Frederic Wood-Jones FRS 1879-1954 one of the founders of
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