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Hertford Museum has a large natural history collection, including both fauna and flora. This book of preserved alpine flowers includes a specimen of Gagea Liottardi - also known as 'Star of Bethlehem'. #HMAdvent
This miniature Book of Common Prayer has a metal cover depicting five little angels, based off Joshua Reynold's 1786 painting "A Child's Portrait in Different Views". The book is inscribed 'Xmas 1904'. #HMAdvent
This Japanese shepherd's pipe was donated to the Museum in 1911. #HMAdvent
This wooden sign from the 1950s allowed people to tell the milkman (or milkmaid) how many pints of milk they wanted delivered. #HMAdvent
This postcard from the First World War is embroidered with silk, and shows the French flag with a dove and an olive branch. The flag reads "Glory of France eternal". These souvenirs were kept or sent by soldiers overseas. #HMAdvent
It's that time again! Every day in December, we'll be posting an object from our collections. The theme this year is Christmas carols!
This photograph shows staff and nurses (and Mr Hertford himself, Peter Ruffles) singing carols at Hertford County Hospital, c. 1980. #HMAdvent
Happy Christmas everyone! This photograph shows a Christmas party thrown for children who were casualty patients at the Hertford County Hospital in 1948. The role of Father Christmas was taken by staff member Mr Bedford, with help from the ward sisters and the matron #HMAdvent
Discovered in the museum stores in 2012, this golden eagle (faster than St Nick's reindeer) was lovingly restored. He can also be spotted in the background of a 1915 photograph of museum founder RT Andrews, sitting in the first floor gallery of our Bull Plain building. #HMAdvent
New-fallen snow is no match for these North American snow shoes. Made of animal sinew, they spread the wearer's weight so that they don't sink into the snow #HMAdvent
Wait for the flash! This Rolleicord camera from the 1960s was made by the German company Franke & Heidecke, who were founded in 1920. They avoided manufacturing using traditional leather components after they discovered these could be eaten by rats #HMAdvent
This silk stocking might not be big enough to hold many presents. It dates from the 19th Century, and belonged to a member of the wealthy Wiggington family from Hertford. It features delicately embroidered flowers and leaves. #HMAdvent
It's time for our advent calendar! We'll be posting an object from our collection every day up until Christmas. This year, our items will be inspired by the festive poem 'A Visit from St Nicholas' by Clement Clarke Moore. So, hang up your stockings, get snug, and enjoy! #HMAdvent
If Scrooge had been out and about in Hertford, here are some of the scenes he might have seen, in photographs taken around the time A Christmas Carol was published in 1843. #HMAdvent
Scrooge may have difficulty sponging his name from the gravestone if it was made using this tool - a mason's scutch, used to chisel and carve into stone, one of several hundred trade tools in the museum's collection. #HMAdvent
A lovely snowy view of Hertford's All Saints Church from the top of Church Street. Unfortunately the cold weather was the church's undoing - when the building caught fire in 1891, the fire brigade's pumps froze so they couldn't extinguish the blaze. #HMAdvent
Instead of the traditional soldier-style Christmas nutcracker, this particular example from Asia features a screw to crack the chestnuts, intricately decorated with a carved dragon. #HMAdvent
The tradition of hiding coins or charms in a Christmas pudding for one lucky recipient to find began in the Victorian era. The tradition continued, as we can see with these charms from the 1950s. Bad luck to whoever got the Donkey! #HMAdvent
This decorative candle holder comes with its own conical snuffer, which would be placed over the candle flame to extinguish it (which is also how Scrooge got rid of the Ghost of Christmas Past!) #HMAdvent
Scrooge's schoolroom might have looked a bit like this one in Hertford Grammar School in the 19th century. The quote on the wall reads 'Palmam qui meruit fera', meaning "let whoever earns the palm bear it", encouraging students to be praised for their achievements. #HMAdvent
This clock was made by Ralph Lawler, a clockmaker working at 23 St Andrew Street not long after 'A Christmas Carol' was published. #HMAdvent
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