One of the things we love most about England is nearly every
city, village and town seems to have its own local museum. We
sniffed these places out wherever we went and admired artifacts from the Viking
era, the Roman empire, and both world wars. Poole, Dorset has a small museum
like this, currently closed for renovations. Among the items they displayed was a 2,000-year-old logboat and some of the pottery Poole has produced since 1873. In 2019, A young girl named Bethan visited the Poole museum. Her mum
explained the items behind glass were significant and valuable specimens
donated to the museum so everyone could enjoy them. Inspired, Bethan returned
with her favorite rock. Not a fossil or gem, it was precious only to Bethan. Curators placed it in a glass cabinet, with a label
explaining its importance and identifying Bethan as the donor. The rock and its
story went viral, and before long Bethan’s rock was the most visited object there.
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