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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. Discover what shopping was like in the past, before the days of supermarkets and online shopping. Handle old coins, different types of packaging and objects you would have found in an old fashioned grocer’s shop, and comparisons with our shopping habits today. The box includes suggested activities and prompts for conversations.

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What's in the box

  • Purse with pre-decimal coins
  • Butcher’s or shopkeeper’s apron
  • String bag
  • Wicker shopping basket
  • Scales and weights
  • Ration book
  • 2 metal scoops
  • Brown paper bags
  • Plastic bags
  • Plastic packaging
  • Kellogg’s sign
  • Typhoo sign
  • Tin of Walker’s Foot Powder
  • ‘Join our Christmas Club’ sign
  • Cardboard cake box
  • Fabric flour bag
  • Oxo tin
  • Brown Nestle bag
  • Amazon package
  • Chip and Pin machine
  • Computer mouse
  • Picture of ‘Northern Saturday’ by artist Harry Rutherford
  • 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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