Terrestrial globe
Category
Globes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
540 mm (height); 255 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671114
Summary
A terrestrial globe. The oceans are painted a matt grey/black, the land is painted in thick white paint. The equator is demarcated as a thick white chalk line. The globe is dirty and the surface is cracking in places. It is supported on an elaborate iron tripod stand with three ball and claw feet.
Provenance
" Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."