Museums and Galleries Month

Photo: Alice's rabbit [image courtesy of Oxford University Natural History Museum]

Museums and Galleries Month is a celebration of galleries, museums, and heritage attractions. The Hub includes descriptions for the records of:

John Manwaring Baines (b.1910) former curator of Hastings Borough Museum
Louis Dufresne (1752-1832) taxidermist at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, whose Bird Collection was acquired by the Royal Scottish Museum
Huddersfield Literary & Scientific Society the Society's Museum was the forerunner of Huddersfield's Tolson Memorial Museum
Museum of Welsh Antiquities (Bangor, Wales) now Bangor Museum and Art Gallery
Oxford University Museum Club records from 1905-1946
Oxford University Museum Rifle Club records from 1908-1916
Park Square Gallery (Leeds) founded as the Queen Square Gallery by Sarah Gilchrist
Turgenev Museum (Orel, Russia) dedicated to Russian author Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883)
Zuckerman Archive: British Museum (Natural History) scientist Solly Zuckerman (1904-1933) was a trustee of the Natural History Museum 1967-1977

Further links

24 Hour Museum gateway to UK museums and galleries
Cornucopia catalogue of UK museums collections
Group for Education in Museums promotes learning through museums and galleries
Museums and Galleries Lifelong Learning Initiative
Young People and Museums encouraging young people to visit museums outside of formal education

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