What is an
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.
Sample Book, Block...
Whitworth Art Gallery
Honeysuckle Pattern number 1794: blue ground, 5/6-colour on linen Page 48: Two samples from a 2 p. order (Pattern...
Pelargonium Tornado...
RHS Wisley
Pelargonium can be perennials, sub-shrubs or shrubs, sometimes succulent and mostly evergreen, with palmately lobed...
Damara Zebra
Colchester Zoo
The Damara zebra is a sub species of the Plains zebra. It is characterised by a pattern of broad dark stripes...
A Child Clasping a...
Torre Abbey
A white marble bust of ' A child clasping a spaniel'.
Acc SCM 11
Frederick Thrupp was born on June 20th, 1812,...
Yard number 251 (page...
Hartlepool Museum
Taken from the Ships particulars books compiled by William Gray and Company, this page shows details of the Etta....
Betula pendula 'Tristis'
RHS Wisley
Betula can be deciduous trees or shrubs, often with striking white, pink, or brown peeling bark.
'Tristis' is an...
Tiger
Knowsley Safari Park
Tigers are the largest, strongest and most fearless of the big cats. They can grow to be 3.1m (10ft) long, including...
Mentana
Torre Abbey
This statue symbolises an episode in 1867, when Garibaldi and his forces were marching on Rome, then under French...
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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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