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  • Roman coin hoard buried in Wootton Fields, Northampton. © NMAG

    Wootton Coin Hoard

    Containing over 1900 coins this Roman hoard was found in Wootton Fields. They were buried during the later Roman period in a black pot.

    Roman 325 CE Roman and Early Medieval

  • Aluminium sterilising drum with syringe and cotton swab © NMAG

    Dr Waddy's Sterilising Drum

    Sterilising drum belonging to Dr Francis Fisher Waddy, first anaesthetist at Northampton General Hospital. The drum contained small items of anaaesthetic equipment during their sterilisation.

    1930 - 1959 Modern