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bethan’s rock.

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When visitors to Poole Museum reach its second floor, they are greeted with displays that showcase the stories and lives of famous and influential Poolers who have shaped the coastal Dorset town.

In one cabinet on this floor sits a small rock. One might think that this is a local paleontological find, considering Poole’s proximity to the home of 19th-century fossil hunter Mary Anning, one of England’s earliest and most famous paleontologists. This is not the case, however, as this rock’s discovery is more recent, but is still a highly treasured find.

In the summer of 2019, a young girl by the name of Bethan was visiting Poole Museum with her mom. While exploring all the site had to offer, she and her mother began to discuss what museums do and why. Inspired by her visit, Bethan felt eager to support the museum’s collection. She decided to donate her most precious treasure, something that she felt was appropriately significant and valuable: her favorite rock. Curators placed Bethan’s Rock in a glass cabinet, just like many of the museum’s other valuable artifacts, where visitors are able to appreciate the piece as much as Bethan once did. It is now the museum’s most famous object.

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“the greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”

-Benjamin D’Israeli

 *Benjamin D’Israeli (1804– 1881), was a British statesman, politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

 

 

 

 

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  8. The earliest occurrence that books.google.com turns up for the supposed Disraeli quotation is 1978, yet Disraeli died in 1881. Of the many occurrences of that quotation attributed to Disraeli, I haven’t found one that gives the specifics of what speech or article or book by Disraeli the words are from, or in what year he said or wrote them. Call me skeptical.

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  22. A lovely story indeed. I just walked from where I have my desk to the kitchen. I just noticed I livevin a Museum. Every littlr thing has a story to tell. Could be clutter but each memory gives my heart a flutter

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