The Display Room

The contents of this room vary. On show at the time of writing are children's toys and dolls, including a papier mache doll of c1860, a German doll of c1900, a Noah's Ark from c1820, jigsaws, card games, paint boxes, a Merrill's board and Hornby trains.

The Display Room

Examples of lace-making, samplers and needle-work tools show how the ladies of the period spent their leisure time. There are also a number of souvenirs which were sold in Hornsea such as crested pottery, German pictorial plates, treen egg cups and boxes with transfer prints with scenes of old Homsea; a selection of writing artefacts including quills, penknives, pens, sealing wax and seals, ink stands and ink wells.

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