Many people will have watched the popular television programme that introduced us to a history of the world using just 100 objects.
With this mind a city within the UK has taken inspiration from this series and produced its own historical account of itself using objects that have been created or uncovered within its boundaries.
The 'A history of Bath in 100 objects' project has been set up in conjunction with many of the city of Bath's museums and is to be displayed and exhibited by an online museum.
This exciting enterprise has been set up to not only demonstrate to the many visitors of Bath just how it has evolved and progressed since the Roman ages but also to tell its own story and show its achievements.
A team of independent advisors have been involved in the process of choosing 99 of the 100 objects; these objects have been picked from varying places such as the seventeen locally situated museums, architectural sites around the city and even from local handmade handicrafts and delicacies.
The very last object will be decided by public vote and people can vote for anything that is on display or can easily be viewed by the public in and around the city.
The 99 objects can be split partially down into categories for people to be able to explore.
Some of the main categories to be found within the online museums are as follows: The architectural section Within this category you can find objects such as the vaulted ceiling in the Bath Abbey that dates from the 1500's and the paper and card model of Fonthill Abbey.
This model is one of the last reminders of what the gothic masterpiece looked like since its collapse in 1820.
The industrial innovation section This category of objects contain items that track the progress of the city throughout the ages, items include the Horstmann Car that was built in 1914 in Bath and Ralph Allen's postal contract.
Ralph Allen was the postmaster of Bath and an innovator of the English postal system.
These are just a few of the categories and objects that you will be able to browse through on the online museum, why not visit Bath to see many of the items for yourself and find something you would like to vote on for the one hundredth object!
With this mind a city within the UK has taken inspiration from this series and produced its own historical account of itself using objects that have been created or uncovered within its boundaries.
The 'A history of Bath in 100 objects' project has been set up in conjunction with many of the city of Bath's museums and is to be displayed and exhibited by an online museum.
This exciting enterprise has been set up to not only demonstrate to the many visitors of Bath just how it has evolved and progressed since the Roman ages but also to tell its own story and show its achievements.
A team of independent advisors have been involved in the process of choosing 99 of the 100 objects; these objects have been picked from varying places such as the seventeen locally situated museums, architectural sites around the city and even from local handmade handicrafts and delicacies.
The very last object will be decided by public vote and people can vote for anything that is on display or can easily be viewed by the public in and around the city.
The 99 objects can be split partially down into categories for people to be able to explore.
Some of the main categories to be found within the online museums are as follows: The architectural section Within this category you can find objects such as the vaulted ceiling in the Bath Abbey that dates from the 1500's and the paper and card model of Fonthill Abbey.
This model is one of the last reminders of what the gothic masterpiece looked like since its collapse in 1820.
The industrial innovation section This category of objects contain items that track the progress of the city throughout the ages, items include the Horstmann Car that was built in 1914 in Bath and Ralph Allen's postal contract.
Ralph Allen was the postmaster of Bath and an innovator of the English postal system.
These are just a few of the categories and objects that you will be able to browse through on the online museum, why not visit Bath to see many of the items for yourself and find something you would like to vote on for the one hundredth object!