Posts by venue: Collections Management

Bringing the North East’s engineering heritage back home

Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on January 30, 2013     Permalink     Comments (3)

I’m pleased to report that the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project is complete. The Sunderland shipyard records we held at the start of the project in June 2011 have all been catalogued. The nine shipyards covered by the project… Read more

Divine company!

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Exhibitions   Hatton Gallery   Technology
Posted by administrator on August 21, 2012     Permalink     Comments (2)

I’ve been busy working on the conservation of some of the old masters from the Hatton gallery for their new exhibition. some of the paintings are really old and really dirty. This painting is by de Wit and was painted… Read more

Exciting new additions to our Sunderland shipbuilding collections

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on July 2, 2012     Permalink     Comments (6)

I’m happy to report that work is continuing well on the ‘We Mak’em’ Shipbuilding Archives project. The records of the firm Bartram & Sons Ltd are now fully catalogued (TWAM ref. DS.BM) and can be searched using our online catalogue.… Read more

Interesting Image No. 1

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum
Posted by administrator on May 31, 2012     Permalink     Comments (1)

Would anyone like to guess what these carefully stored museum objects are?

Marguerite hidden beneath 100 years of dirt

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Education   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on March 15, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

The Art for Sunderland Exhibition is designed to give an idea of what goes on behind the scenes in a museum. I was lucky enough to get to choose a painting to work on in gallery.   I chose ‘Marguerite… Read more