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Explore our Extensive Digital Collection

With help from 449 volunteers, hailing from 25 different countries, the Food Museum team has been turning handwritten object index cards into a digital catalogue that can be shared online and seen around the world. Browse the objects below or use the search to explore the fascinating items we have.

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a dark wooden milking stool with three legs on an off-white background. Dairy A Spong's No. 601 suction mincer box and instructions on a black background. Kitchens a black and white photo of six men and two horses in a field with bags of potatoes in the foreground and background. Farming a Bentall & Co. unchokable root cutter, used to chop root crops, sat on a green wooden floor. Livestock a set of Victoria butchers' scales made from cast and wrought iron and a gold cast iron figure of a bull mounted on top. Trades and professions a traditional wooden gypsy caravan painted yellow with red and green decoration sitting in a barn. Gypsy, Roma, Traveller

Really enjoyed our day here with our young grandchildren. So many fascinating items!

Liz from Colchester