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Description: | The collections have grown since the 1930s when the Hendon Libraries hoped to have a museum; the Museum opened here in 1955.
The collections cover the whole of the London Borough of Barnet from the 17th to the 20th centuries and include agricultural and craft tools, domestic, industrial, commercial and civic objects and ephemera, material relating to World Wars I and 2, personal items from local residents and a small collection relating specifically to the history of Church Farmhouse itself, including works of art and photos.
The collection is particularly strong in domestic items from the last 300 years, especially those connected with cooking, cleaning and laundry, some of which are of more general interest rather than specifically related to Barnet. There is also a colletcion of photographic equipment from the latre 1800s to the 1950s and material produced by the formerly Hendon based photographic firm Johnsons Ltd. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Greyhound Hill
Hendon
London,
NW4 4JR | FAX: | 0870 889 6804 | Telephone: | 020 8203 0130 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5347 | Go to resource |
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