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Silver writing case by Phoebe Traquair

Your treasures

What do you like best in the Treasured exhibition? What do you treasure at home?

Animal art

This gallery was created by participants in a workshop run by artist Jane Mitchell, which focused on drawing animals in the Treasured exhibition.

Panda by Elaine Bews Parrot by Helen Brown Tiger and cub by Philip McCarlie Davis Parrot by Will Freeborn Tiger and cub by Lyndsey Carr

Wonderful water colours

Our water colour gallery was created by participants on our Treasured water colour course, led by artist Karen Clulow. Click on the images below to see larger versions of the pictures.

Haniwa tomb figure, by Mrs I Drummond Fossil flower, by Mrs I Drummond Wooden figure from Easter Island, by Mrs I Drummond Ching Ching the giant panda, by Mrs M Turner Glass ducks, by Mrs M Turner Glass bottle, by T Blundell. Statue of Hugh Miller, by T Blundell Princess Pauline Borghese's travelling case, by T Blundell Perfume bottles, by T Blundell

What do you treasure?

We're asking visitors to the Treasured gallery to draw pictures of the things they treasure. Here are some of things they drew. Click on the images below to see the whole picture.

Cheeta, by Holly, age 6 Panda Hairclip Cheetaa, by Sophia Duff Slash, by Bethany Calder Cleo Zak, by Curtis Milly Family

Talking treasures

We asked our visitors and volunteers to tell us about the objects in the exhibition they like best. Watch our series of short videos to find out what they said.

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