Posts by date: July 2014

Arcs & Sparks: Discovery Museum’s Electrical History Store

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Education   Exhibitions   Local History   Science   Social History   Technology
Posted by administrator on July 25, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

In Discovery Museum’s basement, beneath the feet of our unsuspecting visitors, there are store rooms full of even more science and technology artefacts awaiting their time in the spotlight.  My colleague Toni previously blogged about some of her experiences working to sort… Read more

A North-East Artist in the Trenches in World War 1

Art   Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery   Social History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on July 21, 2014     Permalink     Comments (3)

This view of soldiers in a trench on the Somme battlefront around Péronne was drawn by Victor Noble Rainbird, a local artist who fought with various battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers during the First World War. His sketch shows a… Read more

The Yemeni Riot in South Shields

Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on July 18, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

I am a MA Art Museum and Gallery Studies student at Newcastle University, as part of my degree I am completing an eight week work placement at South Shields Museum. As part of my placement I have developed two exhibitions,… Read more

A Brief History of Samplers – Part One

Discovery Museum
Posted by administrator on July 14, 2014     Permalink     Comments (5)

In recent months, myself and fellow volunteer Emma have been developing the digital records for Discovery Museum’s fan and sampler collections. In practice this has meant a lot of happy hours spent in the Museum’s costume store working with some… Read more

Pearl Binder (Lady Elwyn-Jones), artist and much more

Art   Laing Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on July 11, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

Following my last post on the A.I.A. Everyman Prints, here is a picture of print number 5 in the series Evacuation Scene 1939 by Pearl Binder: it depicts an emotional scene, presumably at a railway station or possibly one of the public… Read more