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Europe & us in 99 objects

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Each day we are launching an item from our collections

that speaks to our relationship with Europe,

from the culturally significant to the curious and quirky

 

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Europe & us in 99 objects

99 objects about Europe & us

In this year when our political relationship with the continent has been so hotly debated, we have put together a selection of objects from our vast collections that help examine our nation’s rich and ancient cultural connections to our neighbours. Please check in each weekday to find out what fascinating stories our objects have to tell.

Passion and fashion in a remarkable vase

Passion and fashion in a remarkable vase

Day 55
From Bauhaus to this house

From Bauhaus to this house

Day 54
Modernism in Suburbia

Modernism in Suburbia

Day 53
Social networking, 19th-century style

Social networking, 19th-century style

Day 52
A young man's extravagant plans

A young man's extravagant plans

Day 51
Treasure seeker’s dragon head

Treasure seeker’s dragon head

Day 50
Up, up and away

Up, up and away

Day 49
The Grand Canal-etto

The Grand Canal-etto

Day 48
Kaiser consigned to storage

Kaiser consigned to storage

Day 47
High street boar hunting

High street boar hunting

Day 46
Mini-meninas

Mini-meninas

Day 45
The animals went in two by two...

The animals went in two by two...

Day 44
Poor Fred

Poor Fred

Day 43
Cache cabinet

Cache cabinet

Day 42
De Gaulle and the coq gaulois

De Gaulle and the coq gaulois

Day 41
Heaven from hell

Heaven from hell

Day 40
Outlook very fair

Outlook very fair

Day 39
Fascinating feline

Fascinating feline

Day 38
Venice on a plate

Venice on a plate

Day 37
Art dealing in Venice

Art dealing in Venice

Day 36
Flaming fields

Flaming fields

Day 35
Power pot

Power pot

Day 34
Enamoured Empress’s gift to an Englishman

Enamoured Empress’s gift to an Englishman

Day 33
La Baccelli

La Baccelli

Day 32
Swiss nostalgia

Swiss nostalgia

Day 31
Keep calm and keep buying spitfires

Keep calm and keep buying spitfires

Day 30
The exiled collector

The exiled collector

Day 29
A Roman invasion of the molluscular kind

A Roman invasion of the molluscular kind

Day 28
The killing fields at Château de Sissinghurst

The killing fields at Château de Sissinghurst

Day 27
Up Pompeii!

Up Pompeii!

Day 26
Silent companion

Silent companion

Day 25
Treasure in the attic

Treasure in the attic

Day 24
Cross-dressing in Renaissance Venice

Cross-dressing in Renaissance Venice

Day 23
Who brought the vine to The Vyne?

Who brought the vine to The Vyne?

Day 22
Princess in exile

Princess in exile

Day 21
War horse

War horse

Day 20
A fragile token of peace

A fragile token of peace

Day 19
Scenes in the boudoir

Scenes in the boudoir

Day 18
Warheads among the wildlife

Warheads among the wildlife

Day 17
The lost collection of the erratic Earl-Bishop

The lost collection of the erratic Earl-Bishop

Day 16
Gruesome grapplers

Gruesome grapplers

Day 15
The condescending Pope

The condescending Pope

Day 14
A lad's night out

A lad's night out

Day 13
Passé chair for a Duke's derrière

Passé chair for a Duke's derrière

Day 12
Box for beauty not the pox

Box for beauty not the pox

Day 11
Looted, misattributed but beloved

Looted, misattributed but beloved

Day 10
Fashion to dye for

Fashion to dye for

Day 9
Harp making in the age of Jane Austen

Harp making in the age of Jane Austen

Day 8
Burial in wool

Burial in wool

Day 7
Hats off to concrete and 007

Hats off to concrete and 007

Day 6
Naked ambition

Naked ambition

Day 5
Monkey business

Monkey business

Day 4
The Hobbit's ring?

The Hobbit's ring?

Day 3
Thanks for the loot

Thanks for the loot

Day 2
One foot in the grave

One foot in the grave

Day 1
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