Bexhill Museum
@bexhillmuseum.bsky.social
We are an independent museum in Bexhill, East Sussex. Our collections include natural history, clothing and transport. Our opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11-4.
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Nearly three decades since the remarkable cloning of Dolly the sheep, it has all gone quiet on the human cloning front. Michael Le Page wonders what's happening behind the scenes
Could the super-rich be cloning themselves? And why would they?
Nearly three decades since the remarkable cloning of Dolly the sheep, it has all gone quiet on the human cloning front. Michael Le Page wonders what's happening behind the scenes
www.newscientist.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Nearly three decades since the remarkable cloning of Dolly the sheep, it has all gone quiet on the human cloning front. Michael Le Page wonders what's happening behind the scenes
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For this chilly #StandingStoneSunday I'll let Stanley Herbert's brilliant drawings tell the story of #Stonehenge 🧐 from Oldham's 1950s standard for school pupils - 'British History in Strip Pictures' 👌
Hopefully this book is in all Archaeologist's stockings this Christmas? 🎄
Hopefully this book is in all Archaeologist's stockings this Christmas? 🎄
December 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For this chilly #StandingStoneSunday I'll let Stanley Herbert's brilliant drawings tell the story of #Stonehenge 🧐 from Oldham's 1950s standard for school pupils - 'British History in Strip Pictures' 👌
Hopefully this book is in all Archaeologist's stockings this Christmas? 🎄
Hopefully this book is in all Archaeologist's stockings this Christmas? 🎄
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Do we have archives relating to your history? Probably! Our archive reflects global histories & is open to all. Conservator Shabnam Balouch has helped uncover our Persian archive, and you can find out more at an upcoming talk & our free public workshops in January! #EYAYourArchives #KewLA
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Do we have archives relating to your history? Probably! Our archive reflects global histories & is open to all. Conservator Shabnam Balouch has helped uncover our Persian archive, and you can find out more at an upcoming talk & our free public workshops in January! #EYAYourArchives #KewLA
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Carnac (🇫🇷) is the site of thousands of standing stones, constructed ~7,000-years-ago #StandingStoneSunday
Radiocarbon dates indicate people added to and changed the complex over a 300 year period, painting a picture of a dynamic #megalithic landscape
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Radiocarbon dates indicate people added to and changed the complex over a 300 year period, painting a picture of a dynamic #megalithic landscape
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Carnac (🇫🇷) is the site of thousands of standing stones, constructed ~7,000-years-ago #StandingStoneSunday
Radiocarbon dates indicate people added to and changed the complex over a 300 year period, painting a picture of a dynamic #megalithic landscape
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Radiocarbon dates indicate people added to and changed the complex over a 300 year period, painting a picture of a dynamic #megalithic landscape
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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🎅✈️ Elf Cadet Training is happening today — and again next weekend!
Kids (4–11) can help Santa with festive missions 🎁🛩️ at the RAF Museum.
Don’t miss your chance to join the fun! ⭐
For RAFM London: bit.ly/4ooYTbl
For RAFM Midlands: bit.ly/3Y8kKsQ
#ChristmasEvents #Christmas #ChristmasActivities
Kids (4–11) can help Santa with festive missions 🎁🛩️ at the RAF Museum.
Don’t miss your chance to join the fun! ⭐
For RAFM London: bit.ly/4ooYTbl
For RAFM Midlands: bit.ly/3Y8kKsQ
#ChristmasEvents #Christmas #ChristmasActivities
December 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🎅✈️ Elf Cadet Training is happening today — and again next weekend!
Kids (4–11) can help Santa with festive missions 🎁🛩️ at the RAF Museum.
Don’t miss your chance to join the fun! ⭐
For RAFM London: bit.ly/4ooYTbl
For RAFM Midlands: bit.ly/3Y8kKsQ
#ChristmasEvents #Christmas #ChristmasActivities
Kids (4–11) can help Santa with festive missions 🎁🛩️ at the RAF Museum.
Don’t miss your chance to join the fun! ⭐
For RAFM London: bit.ly/4ooYTbl
For RAFM Midlands: bit.ly/3Y8kKsQ
#ChristmasEvents #Christmas #ChristmasActivities
This model of the Sovereign Lightship is on display in our Sargent Gallery. It was deployed there from 1875, the first of its kind to use a flashing light. It was in use until 1971 when it was replaced by the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse. (Known locally as the Sovereign Light.) #Bexhill
December 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This model of the Sovereign Lightship is on display in our Sargent Gallery. It was deployed there from 1875, the first of its kind to use a flashing light. It was in use until 1971 when it was replaced by the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse. (Known locally as the Sovereign Light.) #Bexhill
"Crystal Palace By The Sea.
Sun Trap Terraces and Balconies.
Theatre-Concert Hall For 1,200 - Music With Meals.
Wonders Of Bexhill's Entertainments Centre.
When the Duke and Duchess of York come to Bexhill next Thursday to open the De La Warr Pavilion." #Bexhill Observer 7.12.1935. #dlwp #1930s
Sun Trap Terraces and Balconies.
Theatre-Concert Hall For 1,200 - Music With Meals.
Wonders Of Bexhill's Entertainments Centre.
When the Duke and Duchess of York come to Bexhill next Thursday to open the De La Warr Pavilion." #Bexhill Observer 7.12.1935. #dlwp #1930s
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Sunbeam #Papeete #Tahiti 7.12.1876. "No doubt there are respectable places to which the men could resort, but it is not easy for a stranger to find them out, & our men...have been particularly unfortunate in this respect. Tom talks of leaving two of them behind & shipping fresh hands..." #Brassey
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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This is the first known photograph of a snowman.
It was taken in Swansea, Wales, in 1853 by Victorian photography pioneer Mary Dillwyn.
📷 National Library of Wales - Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
#christmas #snow
It was taken in Swansea, Wales, in 1853 by Victorian photography pioneer Mary Dillwyn.
📷 National Library of Wales - Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
#christmas #snow
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This is the first known photograph of a snowman.
It was taken in Swansea, Wales, in 1853 by Victorian photography pioneer Mary Dillwyn.
📷 National Library of Wales - Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
#christmas #snow
It was taken in Swansea, Wales, in 1853 by Victorian photography pioneer Mary Dillwyn.
📷 National Library of Wales - Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
#christmas #snow
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The menhir known as La Grande Pierre in Château-le-Vallière (Indre-et-Loire) is 3.6m tall. Local folklore recorded that at night fairies would dance around it. Card by Meunier c.1905. #StandingStoneSunday.
December 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The menhir known as La Grande Pierre in Château-le-Vallière (Indre-et-Loire) is 3.6m tall. Local folklore recorded that at night fairies would dance around it. Card by Meunier c.1905. #StandingStoneSunday.
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Sunbeam #Papeete #Tahiti 7.12.1876. "We have, I am sorry to say, had a good deal of trouble with some of our men here. One disappeared directly we arrived...Another came off suffering from delirium tremens...brought on by drink. His cries & struggles were horrible to hear & witness." #Brassey #1870s
December 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Sunbeam #Papeete #Tahiti 7.12.1876. "We have, I am sorry to say, had a good deal of trouble with some of our men here. One disappeared directly we arrived...Another came off suffering from delirium tremens...brought on by drink. His cries & struggles were horrible to hear & witness." #Brassey #1870s
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'The pig and I: Miss Lois Hoover and pig out for a stroll in Washington. With a chauffeur to do the heavy lifting, 1925 - National Photo Company'
December 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
'The pig and I: Miss Lois Hoover and pig out for a stroll in Washington. With a chauffeur to do the heavy lifting, 1925 - National Photo Company'
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The Anglo-Saxon crypt of St. Wystan’s Church at Repton in Derbyshire. Dating to the 8th century, the crypt served as a royal mausoleum for two Mercian kings, as well as the resting place of St. Wystan. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #Repton #Derbyshire
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The Anglo-Saxon crypt of St. Wystan’s Church at Repton in Derbyshire. Dating to the 8th century, the crypt served as a royal mausoleum for two Mercian kings, as well as the resting place of St. Wystan. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #Repton #Derbyshire
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Suitably circular : the cover to the London Midland & Scottish Railway's 1933 Circular Tours booklet that gives details of many dozens of 'there & back" itineraries & fares for trips across the UK & Ireland. Cover by Ralph E Brown. #railways #graphicdesign #lettering #travel
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Suitably circular : the cover to the London Midland & Scottish Railway's 1933 Circular Tours booklet that gives details of many dozens of 'there & back" itineraries & fares for trips across the UK & Ireland. Cover by Ralph E Brown. #railways #graphicdesign #lettering #travel
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Our brain wiring seems to undergo four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, which could influence our capacity to learn and our risk of certain conditions
Your brain undergoes four dramatic periods of change from age 0 to 90
Our brain wiring seems to undergo four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, which could influence our capacity to learn and our risk of certain conditions
www.newscientist.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Our brain wiring seems to undergo four major turning points at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83, which could influence our capacity to learn and our risk of certain conditions
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Seascapes of the Mediterranean tin trade with Cornwall in later prehistory... Spectacular Cape Cornwall, West Penwith, with its perilous offshore rocks this autumn
📷 My own, November
📷 My own, November
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Seascapes of the Mediterranean tin trade with Cornwall in later prehistory... Spectacular Cape Cornwall, West Penwith, with its perilous offshore rocks this autumn
📷 My own, November
📷 My own, November
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A great day visiting the @rafmuseum.bsky.social, Cosford. Three hangers to explore: ‘Test Flight’ covers WW1, the Battle of Britain, and prototypes from the 1960s; ‘War in the Air’ focuses largely on Bomber Command; and the largest hanger is home to the ‘National Cold War Exhibition’.
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A great day visiting the @rafmuseum.bsky.social, Cosford. Three hangers to explore: ‘Test Flight’ covers WW1, the Battle of Britain, and prototypes from the 1960s; ‘War in the Air’ focuses largely on Bomber Command; and the largest hanger is home to the ‘National Cold War Exhibition’.
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🎅✈️ Starting today at both of London and Midlands sites. Become an RAF Elf Cadet! Kids (4–11) take on festive missions — Present Drop 🎁, Formation Flying 🛩️ & more — to help Santa prep for his big night!
📅 6–7 & 13–14 Dec
💷 £6.50 (adults free)
London: bit.ly/4ooYTbl
Midlands: bit.ly/3Y8kKsQ
📅 6–7 & 13–14 Dec
💷 £6.50 (adults free)
London: bit.ly/4ooYTbl
Midlands: bit.ly/3Y8kKsQ
December 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🎅✈️ Starting today at both of London and Midlands sites. Become an RAF Elf Cadet! Kids (4–11) take on festive missions — Present Drop 🎁, Formation Flying 🛩️ & more — to help Santa prep for his big night!
📅 6–7 & 13–14 Dec
💷 £6.50 (adults free)
London: bit.ly/4ooYTbl
Midlands: bit.ly/3Y8kKsQ
📅 6–7 & 13–14 Dec
💷 £6.50 (adults free)
London: bit.ly/4ooYTbl
Midlands: bit.ly/3Y8kKsQ
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If you're not visiting the #Museum, then you're missing out 😉.
Bricks By The Sea is on view now until January 3rd, 2026.
#Halifax #NovaScotia #December
Bricks By The Sea is on view now until January 3rd, 2026.
#Halifax #NovaScotia #December
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If you're not visiting the #Museum, then you're missing out 😉.
Bricks By The Sea is on view now until January 3rd, 2026.
#Halifax #NovaScotia #December
Bricks By The Sea is on view now until January 3rd, 2026.
#Halifax #NovaScotia #December
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It’s the 92nd anniversary today of one of the finest examples of Betteridge’s Law (the one which states that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’)
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It’s the 92nd anniversary today of one of the finest examples of Betteridge’s Law (the one which states that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’)
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Last night's videogame tour of The British Museum was such a stonking success... I'm going to run it again in January!
January 16th 6PM if you fancy hearing about some of the surprising and ancient history behind your favourite videogames. X
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-videog...
January 16th 6PM if you fancy hearing about some of the surprising and ancient history behind your favourite videogames. X
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-videog...
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Last night's videogame tour of The British Museum was such a stonking success... I'm going to run it again in January!
January 16th 6PM if you fancy hearing about some of the surprising and ancient history behind your favourite videogames. X
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-videog...
January 16th 6PM if you fancy hearing about some of the surprising and ancient history behind your favourite videogames. X
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-videog...
You can’t go wrong with stocking fillers this much of a bargain. Frightening finger monsters 19p, pretty wooden bracelets £1.20 and sticky creatures 29p! We have lots of other stocking fillers, toys, books for children and adults and other gifts so why not check out our gift shop?
#Bexhill
#Bexhill
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
You can’t go wrong with stocking fillers this much of a bargain. Frightening finger monsters 19p, pretty wooden bracelets £1.20 and sticky creatures 29p! We have lots of other stocking fillers, toys, books for children and adults and other gifts so why not check out our gift shop?
#Bexhill
#Bexhill
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We have a Selkie visitor this morning! 🦭 🌊
December 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We have a Selkie visitor this morning! 🦭 🌊
"Bexhill Survives A Gas Attack.
Wind Blows it Away.
Big A.R.P. Exercise.
For the first time since war started the sound of rattles, indicating the presence of gas, was heard in the streets of the town on Saturday afternoon."
Bexhill Observer 6.12.1941. #Bexhill #Sussex #WW2 #ARP #History #1940s
Wind Blows it Away.
Big A.R.P. Exercise.
For the first time since war started the sound of rattles, indicating the presence of gas, was heard in the streets of the town on Saturday afternoon."
Bexhill Observer 6.12.1941. #Bexhill #Sussex #WW2 #ARP #History #1940s
December 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM