SMG Collections Team
@scarbscollect
The team responsible for the Scarborough Museums and Galleries Collections.
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This jolly #Xmas circular (1882) for #shopping at W Rowntree's of #Scarborough promises "fancy goods" suitable for Christmas and New Year's presents #ArchiveAdventCalendar ARA Scotland
Although they're extinct, we're still learning about this brilliant bird. Our collection holds six amazing great auk eggs β one is almost 250 years old! In 2017, we started a project with The University of Sheffield to study the eggs, which is teaching us about the bird's breeding ecologyπ€―