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Britain in the 1970s and 80s

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Museum in a box

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What’s Involved

Let the museum come to you and get hands on with history at your own pace. Use this curated box of handling objects to spark conversations and reflect on changes over time. This loan box contains objects that mark memorable moments in time like the Queen’s Coronation and the Festival of Britain, as well as items of the everyday in the 1950s and 1960s like the instamatic camera, pre-decimal coins, magazines and fab fashion. There are suggested activities and prompts for conversations.

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What's in the box

  • Britain in the 1970’s and 1980’s
  • Plastic tomato sauce dispenser
  • Leg warmers
  • Decimal coins1/2 pennies, 5p, 10p and 50p
  • Selection of sewing patterns 1970’s
  • Smash Hits magazine 1985
  • No 1 Magazine 1984
  • ‘Your Guide to Decimal Money’ booklet 1971
  • School dinner tray
  • Rubik’s cube
  • Margaret Thatcher mask
  • CD - Hits from the 70’s
  • CD – Best of the 80’s
  • Charles and Diana wedding commemorative metal tea tray
  • Calculator watch
  • Sony Walkman
  • TV Times
  • Torville and Dean Thimble
  • CND mug
  • Household candles
  • Mystery object

Please note: All ‘Museum In A Box’ loan boxes need to be collected from and returned to Portland Basin Museum. As these loan boxes are part of our handling collection, from time to time we may need to remove or replace some objects.

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The box dimensions are approximately 520mm x 440mm x 310mm

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Cost: £41 per week (or £7 per day for community groups)

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