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Digging Deeper – open store

Delve into our stores

Venture up the stairs or lifts into the Digging Deeper gallery and you will find our Open Store. See behind the scenes into the Museum’s extensive reserve collection, which includes a wide variety of fascinating objects not included in the main galleries.

There are also glazed workspaces designed so that museum staff and students can work with the collection without interrupting visitor access.

Themes
Number of Objects
c.30,000

What I Can See

Fred Mizen, Strawcraft heart made for the Festival of Britain (MERL 52/73)

Strawcraft Symbols

Date

1951

Object Number

MERL 52/73-80

Michael O'Connell, Cartoon design for Diversity of British Farming artwork, Yorkshire panel (MERL 2009/64/5)

Countryside Cartoons

Date

Circa 1950

Object Number

2009/64/1-7

Quentin Bell, Decorated plant pot, 1951 (MERL 2010/69)

Domestic Flowerpot

Date

1951

Object Number

MERL 2010/69

Ose poultry basket (MERL 60/770)

Chicken in a Basket

Date

1945–1946

Object Number

MERL 60/770

Pinkneys Green Women’s Institute Banner, circa 1951 (MERL 2007/48/1-2)

Women’s Institute

Date

Circa 1951

Object Number

MERL 2007/48/1-2

1950-1951 ration book and coupons belonging to Barbara Wood (MERL 2019/55)

Ration Book

Date

1950–1951

Object Number

MERL 2019/55