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Exhibition marking Manx Museum centenary to draw to a close

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A Renault 8 from 1911 is on show in the exhibition

A year-long exhibition marking the centenary of the Isle of Man's first national museum is set to draw to a close on Sunday.

The display brings together 150 items from the national collections at the Manx Museum in Douglas.

Curator Katie King said the "extraordinary collection" of artefacts helped to "tell the story of the Isle of Man and its people".

Ms King said the community response to the exhibition had been "fantastic".

Contemporary items in the collections
The display also reflects some of the items telling contemporary stories featured in the national collections

The museum, situated in the centre of the island's capital, first opened its doors 1922.

The exhibition tells the story of how the museum came into being, following the sustained efforts of Victorian scholar Philip Moore Callow Kermode.

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Katie King said the community response to the exhibition had been "fantastic"

The display features a "kaleidoscope" of 150 objects reflecting 10,000 years of Manx heritage, including the oldest surviving Isle of Man registered motor vehicle and Viking treasure, a spokeswoman for Manx National Heritage said.

Some of the items included have been put on display for the first time on the island.

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