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Object?
Anything can be an object: a thousand-year-old coin in a museum, a painting in an art gallery, a plant in a botanical garden, an animal in a zoo, a building in a city, even a person.
Browse online collections on OOKL and discover for yourself. Find objects in museums, galleries, historic houses, and many more.
Advert for auction of...
Bristol Museum and Art...
From Bonner and Middletons Bristol Journal . Advertisement for the auction of two Jamaican plantations.
Viburnum farreri
RHS Wisley
Viburnum can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs with opposite, simple or palmately lobed leaves and clusters of small,...
Leaf cutter ants
Knowsley Safari Park
These ants have evolved an advanced agricultural system and rather than eat the leaves they cut these are used to...
Hesketh Crescent Torquay
Torre Abbey
Engraving of Hesketh Crescent Torquay, set against background of hills.
Design to show the...
Bowes Museum
Size: Image: 32.4 x 21 cm. Plate: 37.5 x 30.8 cm.
Chusquea culeou
RHS Wisley
Chusquea are evergreen bamboos which form a compact clump of solid, rich green canes with 3 main branches at each...
Fallow Deer
Blair Drummond Safari...
Scientific name: Dama dama
Fallow deer are a widespread species of deer in Britain. Originally from the...
Book - " The Path to...
Torre Abbey
A first book of prayers for the young, bound in black, entitled "The Path To Holiness". There Is an Inscription on...
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Abies koreana 'Silberlocke'
RHS Wisley
Abies are evergreen conifers, often very tall, with whorled branches bearing flattened, linear leaves, often whitish beneath, and on the upper branches, large cones...
Commuting by Cable
Old Treasury Building
Travel by cable tram through the streets of Melbourne between 1885 and 1940. This documentary presents rare archival footage detailing the story of the largest cable...
Horse Ramp (in canals)
London Canal Museum
The ramps in the canals were once used to save horses after they fell into the river. Animal safety was important, or at least it was important to retain the animals...
Canal Gate
London Canal Museum
These gates were put in place to stop the flow of the river. It was necessary to do this in the instance of bombs falling on the Canal and ceasing the flow of debris....
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