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Museums object collections range from familiar domestic appliances to unfamiliar manufacturing machinery and scientific instruments. It also collect vehicles, office equipment, models, memorabilia, awards, architectural materials, archaeological finds and, occasionally, work of art. Its collections of business and personal archives include minute books, letters, trade literature (such as catalogues and manuals), engineering drawings and photographs. It also collects textile samples and pattern books, prints, paintings and audiovisual and sound recordings, including oral and video histories.