It is one of the newest museums in the country, and it contains one of the oldest collections in the world. In fact, the claim at Stonyhurst College, the handsome Jesuit school nestled in rural Lancashire, is that theirs is the oldest surviving museum collection anywhere in the English-speaking world.
22 February 2018, The Tablet
A secret Jesuit treasure trove
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