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…scene of strong emotions that can be understood by a person who watches it. It’s fantastic, and all this created by a painter in 1850 that’s why I love this painting.”

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….of strong emotions that can be understood by a person who watches it. It’s fantastic, and all this created by a painter in 1850. That’s why I love this painting.”

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…..to help the soldiers .”

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…the beautiful Victorian Kitchen. At first glance it looks quite insignificant, but it would have once been the only supply of clean water in the hall.”

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…1719.

Muhammed says "It's great to see the clock looking so fabulous & beautifully restored and has its minute markings, thanks to the funding contribution from The Towneley Hall Society"

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…..beach in 1915, the year of some principal battles - Loos, second Ypres and Gallipoli Campaign.”

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…..Leagues newest recruit. One day their picture will also feature in our collection. Congratulations Burnley on your promotion from everyone at Towneley Hall. Up the Clarets!”

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…..the rattle connects two things that I feel are very important to me and the people of Burnley, Towneley Hall and Burnley FC.
Up the Clarets!”

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…..a thousand ships and started the 10-year Trojan war.”

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…lovely, simple oak chair. The back is beautifully curved and looks very inviting. It was purchased for the collection in 1938 and is thought to date back to the 1700s”.

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….me smile, it reminds me of my childhood and the wonder I felt when I learned it was real."

You can see the platypus on our Cabinet of Curiosities display, in the shop.

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…Have you spotted the ice house in Towneley Park? Look out for it the next time you visit!

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…..memories. I like the fact that the children and teddy are playing music to Santa and his covering his ears. It was purchased by Burnley Corporation for the collection in 1927.”

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Early 1980s school trip to @BCLivingMuseum Where to start...was all so fascinating- I'd never experienced anything like it! #MuseumMemories

Natural history galleries at @BM_AG fascinated me- esp hammerhead shark! Also loved shiphead prow & Egyptian section #MuseumMemories

I have tons more #MuseumMemories...more faves include getting married at the @walters_museum and visiting @MuseeLouvre on our honeymoon. :)

#MuseumMemories Ages ago I worked @philamuseum - loved roaming the galleries on Mondays, when it was closed to the public. Just me and #art.

@NHM_London aged 5, being terrified of the Dino skeletons but loving the plastic mammoth I was bought from the gift shop. #MuseumMemories

#MuseumMemories Los domingos mi padre me llevaba de museos para que mi madre pudiera limpiar la casa, especialmente al @museodelprado

#MuseumMemories In July 1915, one of the Friends’ Ambulance Unit hospitals took refuge in an old museum in Hazebrouck, Flanders #noncomww1

@BrightonMuseums the Cabinet of Curiosities was a terrifying childhood favourite. The 'mermaid' and prettified toad esp. #MuseumMemories

The Geological Society of London - Prehistoric fossil col... Ken McNamara on the earliest evidence of the fo...

Seeing at @BrightonMuseums the Neolithic female dug up by my Great Grandfather from Whitehawk www.geolsoc.org.uk/Geoscientist/Archive/Jun... #MuseumMemories