While inventory checking the Small Store during the summer the team discovered two large photographs at the bottom of a box. The images depict a beautiful and grand manor house, with impressive features including four pyramidal turrets, fantastic decorative gables and a coat of arms carved above a grand stone entrance. What struck the inventory team was…
Last week some of the team went for a visit to Bristol Museum and Art Gallery for a course on the care of Natural History Collections. Although Mr Wade mainly collected handcrafted objects he also saw great beauty in the natural world. We have some beautiful natural history specimens at Snowshill ranging from turtle shells to pieces of hide. We…
Yesterday the inventory checking team finally decided to brave the cold and start checking the Cottage Workshop. This is one of the more chaotic rooms at Snowshill with over 1300 objects. Having said that it is also one of the most captivating. This was where Mr Wade spent most of his time, it is in…
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