Old Ted – A Wartime Teddy Craven Museum and Gallery, Skipton The teddy bear has been a classic children’s toy and companion since the early 20th Century. This teddy bear is known as ‘Old Ted’ and is over 100 years old. It can be found at Craven Museum in Skipton...
Preserved Hawksbill Sea Turtle Staithes Museum, North Yorkshire The hawksbill turtle is a critically-endangered sea turtle species, recognised by its narrow, pointed beak and striking patterned shell. The distinctive beaks help the hawksbill to extract food from...
Explore a selection of ‘Fisher Folk’ Having a portrait painted was often expensive, which is why most surviving portraits tend to be of the wealthier members of society. Sometimes portraiture was even used to demonstrate wealth and status, but it could...
Sculpture of Wilfred Owen by Anthony Padgett In 2016, sculptor Anthony Padgett created a series of bronze sculptures of Wilfred Owen to commemorate the war poet at places of importance to him during his life, including Scarborough and Tameside. The works are now part...
Click on the photo to enlarge this ammonite fossil from The Seaboard Centre in the Highlands of Scotland. Making sense of ammonite fossils What are ammonite fossils? Ammonites are extinct sea creatures with a spiral shell that lived millions of years ago. Today, they...
