Description: | In total there are 800 items of arms and armour, 1000 costume and textiles, 500 decorative arts, 10 fine art, 40 maritime, 14 medical, 25 music, 20 medals, 5 oral hitory, 5,000 personalia, 40,000 photographs, 900 science and industry, 200 social history, 500 transport and 50,000 archival items divided into 7 areas viz Historic Vehicles fleet, Electronic Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Weapons Collection, archive and slide library and object collection including the Atkinson and Rowcroft papers. |