Today at the Crowsnest Museum I could be found armed with a needle and thread. Fabric based collections are a large part of our collections, and I'll share more about clothing and hats in another post: for not I want to talk about my efforts organising the many military badges in the collection. These badges are made of canvas or felt, most are smaller than the palm of your hand. We also have a lot of them! Here's the batch I processed today: As I mentioned in an earlier post

It's been an interesting week here in collections at the Crowsnest Museum. I've been going through boxes of artefacts to enter them into our digital database, clean them, and take photos. Through the course of my explorations, I've come across some interesting objects! Can you guess what these were used for? Object 1: This round, wooden object has three parts: two 'C' shaped pieces on either side, and a round, two sided screw that holds these two pieces together. Using this s

During the First World War is was common for soldiers to send home hand embroidered silk postcards. A piece of silk was embroidered with colourful thread and fastened to a framing piece of paper. These postcards were especially popular among British soldiers who would send them home to loved ones. These beautiful postcards are from the White Radford family album. Click on the photos to take a closer look, and if you want to read more about silk postcards, check out this artic