Cradles and Labels

What's one of the strangest objects at the British Museum? A real life mermaid, no less!

This axe was made specially for the last public beheadings in England. But were the five victims innocent?

Could this be a dragon bone?!

What do you least expect to see when you visit a museum? Mummified cats? A stuffed owl? The occasional squashed mouse?

Who is this handsome fellow and what does he have to do with (shhhh) Harry Potter?

The Battersea cauldron is a relic of a long-lost age. Was it used for magic or medicine or was it just an ancient cooking pot?

Whose gravestone would you expect to find in the garden of the Charles Dickens Museum?