When I applied to take part in the new heritage work placement scheme being run by the History department, I didn’t have any idea what was in store, and I definitely had no idea that after my ten weeks I would enjoy it so much that I wouldn’t want to leave! Choosing Sizergh Castle for…

A trip around the World On 1st April I was given a chance to take a break from my German pfennigs. The Harris Museum, like most public centres, has a donation box. This is for visitors to make cash donations towards the museum. Either visitors misunderstood and thought it was for donations towards the coin collection, or they…

I spoke too soon… More pfennigs! Once more, I returned to the Harris for my placement. I was apparently too eager with my last blog on the museum. I ended spending the day cataloguing over 100 pfennigs! Although it wasn’t the most entertaining task, I’m pretty proud of the amount of work I got done.  …