We use the World of Water collections in exhibitions, school projects, loans to other museums, fundraising events, publicity and talks.
This diverse collection is invaluable for research, education, and exhibitions, allowing our charity to showcase the multifaceted importance of water throughout history and in contemporary society.
The Collections include:
Sea Shells (both freshwater and marine species)
Paintings (Watercolours / Mixed Media)
River Paintings
Fruit Wrappers
Stamps
Signs
Coins
Fruit Stickers
Illustrations
Drawings (Plans.Designs)
Prints
Water Bottles
Rubbings (Brass. Iron castings, Stone)
Posters
Photographs
Boxes
Documents (Letters, Stories, Lyrics, Poems)
Post Cards
Paper (Handmade)
Slides
Books
Catalogues
Tape Recordings
Video
Ceramics / Pottery
Glass & Pottery / Bottles
Badges
Furniture
Jewellery
Fossils
Stones
Sculpt (Wood, Pottery, Stone)
Cameras
Water Clothing/Umbrellas
Water Drainage
Tickets
Water Heritage
Fish Memorabilia
Glass Artifacts
Metal Artifacts
Plastic Artifacts
Wooden Artifacts (Carved. Natural)
Packaging (Sea food)
Equipment
Digital Files (Docs. Images, Audio, Video)
Models
Buildings
Presently sorting through the play bills collection. Here’s the first, printed on white silk with golden tassle surround. Date: between 1853 and 1857.
* We welcome donations that help us to communicate our aims, raise funds, and support our environmental, educational and research projects. These can be objects, photographs, documents, memories and knowledge.
If you think you have items that could help us with this work, please contact us, marking your message ‘WoW Collections’.
If you have digital images to share, you can also send them to Grant via Water Heritage on Instagram.
A brief word about our Founder:
Our founder, Joyce Latham Elam, travelled to many of the World’s troubled areas from India, China, Australia, America and Africa to those closer to home in Europe and the Middle East. Sadly, she died without working out how to solve the growing environmental and social needs we still face, how to halt the tide of global water pollution, and the healthiest way to feed the World’s hungry.
Today, her charity continues the quest to find answers to those same needs through:
Public engagement
Supporting Water Awareness Projects
Storyboarding and Editing Short Films (just started!)
Arranging Interviews
Contributing on Social Media
Arranging face-to-face meetings
Hosting Student Fieldwork
Exhibition Design/Build
Preparing Rural Courses and Events
Local Charity/Group Support
Research and interpretation
Checking Water footprints
Reference Vaulting (Personal Museum Projects)
Publishing
Practical environmental work
Conducting Field trips
Arranging Wildlife Walks
Managing woodland and pasture
Preserving Water Heritage
Secondments
Your ongoing support enables WOW to contribute to the wider effort to protect clean water and healthy habitats.
You can help …
Be a Water Watcher with us.
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