Museum volunteer, Jenny and Curator, Alex have been busy crafting in the name of collections care. Cutting out pieces of plastazote to match the shape of the museum’s objects, means the study drawers can be opened without what’s inside rattling around and being damaged. They were also able to remove several rusty old pins previously…
Our Young Roots project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund has now been completed. It has been an amazing opportunity for the museum to engage with a wide variety of Young People from South Staffordshire College, The University of Birmingham and those who have volunteered independently. We have been able to offer them numerous…
Today we have the second story of the Erasmice at Erasmus Darwin House with the story of Millicent the Milliner – read by our volunteer Pat
To celebrate National Storytelling Week (30 Jan to 5 Feb 2023) Mrs Darwin (aka our volunteer Pat) will read a couple of stories that were written by our volunteers during Lockdown. These children’s stories feature the family of mice who live in the museum. Today’s story is “The house is ours” say the mice.
Born January 17 Jan 1706 – Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) was the most glamorous scientific figure of the 18th century after Isaac Newton. Having made his fortune as a writer and publisher, he retired to explore the emerging new science of electricity. His discoveries led to the conferment of Doctorates by the University of…
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