The Thirsk based visitor centre is taking part in a national project to celebrate objects that have a story to tell.

The ‘History of the World’ project - a partnership between the BBC and the British Museum - sees each BBC local radio region joining forces with museums around the country. Together they have produced a list of ten objects that tell the ‘History of the World’ for each area - stories that not only have an interesting local significance but also have an international connection.

They feature on BBC local websites to coincide with the BBC Radio 4 series, ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’ - which looks at the stories behind influential global objects from the British Museum.

The World of James Herriot has added some of the original manuscripts for the TV series ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ to the site. Herriot centre manager, Alison Scurrah, will appear on Radio York on April 3(11am) to talk about the centre and its artefacts.

For more information check out www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld