August 16 (3) Bute Museum

Another museum and reflective of it's Victorian origins, it's a widely-diverse collection...

Knocking Stone - used to dehusk wheat

George McKenzie (Museum Trustee) welcomes us and shares some of the history of Bute

I hit the natural history side of the museum first...

Peregrine Falcon

Merlin

cuckoo

Raven

among the specimens, the staff have hidden little aliens
for little kids to discover 

this fellow is the size of a mouse...

he's down low so kids can pet him...