Objects that tell a history of Stoke and Staffordshire and their place in the world
BBC Stoke and museums across Staffordshire have today (Monday 18 January) revealed the list of 10 objects they have chosen to tell a history of Staffordshire and its place in the world. The list of 10 objects can be seen on the BBC Local site, www.bbc.co.uk/stoke and all the objects are on display at the relevant museums.
The list of 10 objects for Stoke and Staffordshire is part of the wider A History of the World project formed out of a unique partnership between the BBC, the British Museum and 350 museums and institutions across the country.
Listeners and viewers will be asked to suggest further objects and can actively participate by uploading photographs of their own objects that have a local or global appeal. At the end of February 2010 it is hoped that each BBC Local website will have an additional “People’s 10 Objects” telling the history of their region and its global connections.
BBC Project manager for the Nations and English Regions, Seamus Boyd, said: “A truly fascinating range of objects has been chosen for each list across English regions. Some of them may have great monetary value, others little or none, but they're priceless in how they bring to life moments from history. This initial collection is just the blueprint to which we hope viewers and listeners will add their own objects and help to create a truly unique and vibrant tapestry of the past.”
Museums in Stoke and Staffordshire will be holding events in February half-term to celebrate A History of the World.
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The list of 10 objects can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/stoke and is as follows:
1. Evo-stik Impact Adhesive Staffordshire County Museum
2. Leek embroidery, The Nine Orders of Angels, 1899 (TBC), Nicholson Institute
3. Beam Engine (1880s)
Claymills Victorian Pumping Station, Burton-upon-Trent
4. 1st Edition of Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary
Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum
5. Gold Snuff Box belonging to Robert Peel Tamworth Castle
6. Mine Rescue breathing apparatus Museum of Cannock Chase
7. Davenport bone china dessert plate, about 1837
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
8. Pomona Teapot
Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle Under Lyme
9. Grenadiers Mitre, 18th Century Staffordshire Regiment Museum
10. Dessert Plate from Frog Service Wedgwood Museum
