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The Secret Museum

The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world - curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection. Who knows what`s hidden from view? Locked away in cabinets, secure storage and aircraft hangars. Most of a museum`s collection never gets seen. It sits in the quiet dark of an archive waiting for a treasure hunter or obsessive researcher to root out its very existence. Under the streets of Manhattan priceless books are shelved; brick outbuildings in London`s East End house drawers of Victorian embroidery remembering foundlings long ago dead; body bags in Washington clothe space suits covered in real moon dust and in an unvisited aircraft hangar sits
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The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artifacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world
- curated, brought to light, & brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection. Who knows what`s hidden from view? Locked away in cabinets, secure storage & aircraft hangars. Most of a museum`s collection never gets seen. It sits in the quiet dark of an archive waiting for a treasure hunter or obsessive researcher to root out its very existence. Under the streets of Manhattan priceless books are shelved; brick outbuildings in London`s East End house drawers of Victorian embroidery remembering foundlings long ago dead; body bags in Washington clothe space suits covered in real moon dust & in an unvisited aircraft hangar sits Auguste Piccard`s extraordinary invention, the balloon gondola... This & many other extraordinary inventions, legacies, discoveries & artefacts have been visited & curated by Molly Oldfield into a Secret Museum. Rich in atmosphere & anecdote, suffused with the surprising emotion of a personal discovery, but grounded in fascinating factual detail, this is a unique & beautifully illustrated book. The Secret Museum reveals sixty unknown artefacts & stories from all five continents, from Rome to Rio & Boston to Berlin. & like the very best mornings spent at a museum it promises to be idiosyncratic, surprising & enormously good fun. The Artefacts in the book include: An original Gutenberg Bible printed on vellum, Harrison Schmitt`s Space Suit, A piece of Newton`s Apple Tree, Van Gogh`s Sketchbooks, The original drawings of Wimbledon`s Centre Court, Dickens` letter opener, Three pieces of Mars, & much more...

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Balloon - A inflatable bag filled with a type of gas commonly helium, hydrogen or air
embroidery - The art of decorating fabric with a needle and thread or yarn.
Dust - A general term used for micro particles in the atmosphere
Dark - A colour which absorbs visable ligt so apears less light than objects that reflect light
World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
Fun - Something that provides amusement or enterainment
Mars - A planet fourth from the sun. Around half the size of the planet earth it has a distinctive surface colour due to high levels of iron.
Embroidery - A thread based symbol.
Personal - Something that belongs more to an individual due to it affecting them more by relating to them.
Museum - A building which exhibits old artefacts for viewing of people who show interest.

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Stanfords
Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.
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