Happy #MusHalloween!

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micheledrisse
Published Date
October 31, 2014

Happy #MusHalloween!  We marked the #MusSpooks @CultureThemes day this week on 29 October.  Here are a selection of spooky halloween #MusSpooks and #MusHalloween themed images from our collections!

Halloween Ahoy, Hugh St Leger, Children’s Collection 823.8 SAI, 1895
A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, by John Blackwall, 1861-1864, COLE 79F
Topsell, History of Four Footed Beasts and Serpents, 1658, Cole 004Q
A.L.O.E., Haunted Room, Chidren’s Collection 823.8 ALO, 1894

Happy #MusHalloween!

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