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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.
Guy Little Theatrical...
V & A
Photograph of Cornelie D'Anka. Photography was a novel and exciting development in Victorian days. Most actors and...
Pyracantha Saphyr...
RHS Wisley
Pyracantha are evergreen shrubs or small trees, with spiny branches bearing simple leaves and corymbs of small white...
Meerkat
Colchester Zoo
Slender-tailed, or Gray, Meerkats weigh about 0.9kg when fully grown and reach about 50cm long. They are mainly a...
Antique Holycard
Torre Abbey
Antique holycard of Saint Norbertus, a sanctified premonstratensian cannon. Etched print of a man wearing flowing...
Monsignor Antonio Cerri
Manchester Art Gallery
Meticulously detailed and highly realistic bust of an elderly man, with his head turned and lowered slightly to the...
Viburnum lantana
RHS Wisley
Viburnum can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs with opposite, simple or palmately lobed leaves and clusters of small,...
Humboldt penguin
Whipsnade Zoo
Humboldt penguins live on the coasts of Chile and Peru and feed on fish and squid.
Penguins are well adapted to...
Lady with a Ruff
Torre Abbey
Head and shoulder portrait of a young lady. Ringlet hair and dress with large ruff collar.
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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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