Coins started to be used in Britain during the later Iron Age, although iron bars and ‘ring money’ were earlier forms of currency.
The Online Collections illustrates a small proportion of the entire Museum Collection and will grow over time as more objects are added.
Iron hoes, India
Two iron hoes used by the Naga people, from the Naga Hills, Assam, India.
Iron nails from Roman settlement at Thatcham
Seven nails from Roman settlement in Thatcham.
Joelle (Jacket), Sculpture of Peace Women
‘Joelle (Jacket)’, 2021, by Jemima Brown. A sculpture representing a protester at Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp. The Peace Camps were established to protest…
Kete Basket, New Zealand
A kete basket made and used by Maori people of New Zealand.
Knitted hood worked on by Queen Victoria
Knitted hood worked on by Queen Victoria.
Kodak Camera
Kodak Number 2 Folding Automatic Browine camera.
Lambourn coin hoard, James I and VI and Charles I
Lambourn coin hoard discovered in 1949.
Lamp, Egypt
Oil lamp in the form of a fish, possibly a tilapia fish.
Land Army Women Working in the Fields
A photograph of Margaret and Jose farming for the Women’s Land Army during the late 1940s.
Late Bronze Age, Axehead, Yattendon
This complete socketed axehead is one of over fifty artefacts from a hoard.
Leather Water Bottle, 1600s
Leather water bottle with holes for a leather thong made in the 17 century.
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