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Showing posts with label Collection Highlights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Collection Highlights. Show all posts
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Wayne: My Work Placement with Wakefield Museums and Castles

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This blog has been written by Wayne who has been volunteering with us at the museum store since 2021. He has also been doing a university...
Friday, July 7, 2023

100 Years and Counting!

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2023 marks the centenary of the Wakefield Museums & Castles collection. We have been collecting objects and telling stories for 100 y...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Finding Alice Gostick

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In this special post, our brilliant Research Volunteer, Katie, tells us about her experience tracing the life of Alice Gostick, an influe...
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Monday, September 27, 2021

Cleaning up history

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We're very lucky to have lots of brilliant volunteers help us with our projects. In this special post, Kylie tells us about her recen...
Wednesday, July 21, 2021

“History opening up”: Transcribing the Sykes Visitor Book

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In 2019, Wakefield Museums & Castles acquired a very special object: a Visitor Book from William Sykes Ltd in Horbury, Wakefield. ...
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Monday, May 10, 2021

New to our collection: First World War bandolier

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We are always looking for objects with a strong local story to add to our collection. Although our museums have been sadly closed for mos...
Sunday, December 27, 2020

Play your cards right

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The 'Twixmas' period is the perfect time for having fun with family, when many of us dig out the packs of cards and challenge eac...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Black History Month: Sugar nippers not shackles

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For Black History Month 2020, Wakefield Museums & Castles are exploring four stories related to British slave ownership in the early ...