Posts by venue: Collections Management

A fascinating set of correspondence is uncovered at Tyne and Wear Archives

Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Military History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on September 12, 2011     Permalink     Comments (3)

One of the reasons I was so excited to work on the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project was the opportunity it gives me to catalogue and make accessible large quantities of unlisted documents that have never been available to… Read more

Question : How much does it cost to burn a witch? Answer : £15 19s 2d

Books   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Local History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on August 26, 2011     Permalink     Comments (3)

We know this because in the Archives are stored the Newcastle Chamberlains’ accounts for the years 1508 until 1835.   The entry we looked at read…”bill of charges for the wiches for 2 weekes ending the 23th (sic) of August 1650 and other… Read more

Songs of the Sea – preparing a print for loan

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on August 12, 2011     Permalink     Comments (2)

Here’s a picture of two of our conservators, Christina and Matt, working on a print from the collection at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery. The print is now out on loan to the National Glass Centre in Sunderland. For more info… Read more

Museums don’t just collect the ‘old stuff’…

Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Science
Posted by administrator on July 7, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

My colleague Graham Bradshaw is currently managing a project called Science & Society. The aim is to accession objects into the collection that reflect the important role science plays in our lives today. Following discussions with our colleagues over the… Read more

George Baxter Prints

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Hatton Gallery
Posted by administrator on June 20, 2011     Permalink     Comments (4)

I am in the process of cataloguing a collection of oil colour prints by George Baxter (1804-1867). The Hatton Gallery hold a collection of around 500 Baxter prints. The prints are of exceptional quality and provide an illuminating insight into… Read more