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Mosaic of images of visual aids including a letter chart, spectacles and an artificial eye.

6 Visionary Aids from the College of Optometrists

Old photograph of two women archers in wheelchairs on a grass field with a line of people watching behind them.

Celebrating Sporting Heritage

Illustrated print of 18th century fencing match. A man in breeches on the left parrying a woman in dress and cap watched by well dressed crowd.

Forgotten Battles: Gender in the Armouries

Three views of a painting: portrait of a woman, woman with a parrot peeking round her shoulder, green parrot on perch.

Can you believe what you see?

Large black bird popping out of book.

BFI National Archive - creativity beyond film

An open page of a book showing a coloured drawn atlas, showing the earths rotation.

7 Beautiful Books

Circus poster illustration of a woman standing atop a galloping horse as men walk alongside.

Playbills of the past

A Mechanical model showing a model of the earth that with gogs, will turn around a centre golden orb (sun) representing the earths rotation.

Warrington's Wonderful Inventors

A black and white image of a man sat on a camel which is pulling a metal lawnmower, which is being directed by a man wearing a boater hat.

The Lawnmower - an accidental invention

Old metal hairdryer - cylinder with four small blunt spikes.

Astounding Inventions in the National Trust’s Collection

A collage of images - on of a full body metal othropedic corrective armour, a face and eye prosthetic and a child on a shoe shop x-ray machine.

4 Intriguing Innovations at Thackray Museum of Medicine

A stone font, which has various carvings decorating it on all sides.

Curious Carvings at 'Friendless' Churches

A drone photograph taken from a distance of a red bricked building in a field. The building has green accents of doors, windowpanes and gutters.

Curious Landmarks - not your usual holiday getaway!

Graceful pale dog, legs stretched out as if running at full tilt, a  small wheel between the front paws.

Let’s Bake! A rummage through the National Trust’s collections

Image mosaic: room with cabinets full of whisky bottles; whisky bottle and box; misty mountainous landscape with river valley.

Untapped Tales - whisky galore!

A green reconstructed medieval aquamanile, which looks something like a deer with antlers that go as far back as its lower back.

5 Fascinating Finds from East Surrey Museum

An image of the paddle driven steamship, The Medway Queen floating in the harbour.

Medway Queen - a heroine of Dunkirk

A dark Propeller plane being prepped for take off by three individuals in white overalls.

Take to the Skies - introducing The Shuttleworth Collection

Wooden cat stands by china saucer on stone flagged floor.

Curious Collections of the National Trust

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