Victorian Life
Victorian Life
The Royal Pump Room Museum's collections feature a variety of objects linking to Victorian life and the development of Harrogate as a spa town during Queen Victoria's reign. These include:
- domestic tools such as a knife cleaner, irons, sugar nippers and a muffin dish for the home life theme
- ceremonial objects such as a spade and trowel and a commemorative jug from the Great Exhibition for public life and community life
- toys, games and clothing for childhood
- baby clothes, wedding shoes, mourning stationery and jewellery made of human hair for rites of passage
- carpentry and other tools, shopping ephemera for working life.
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