Posts by date: February 2012

Great North Museum Library – A different kind of book

Archaeology   Art   Books   Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Natural Sciences
Posted by administrator on February 28, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

If you come to the Great North Museum Library during March you’ll find some unusual books on the bookshelves. Artist Dawn Felicia Knox will be displaying works from her Nomen Nudum : Naked Name exhibition here in the library. The work,… Read more

Progress update from the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   The Archives   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on February 22, 2012     Permalink     Comments (44)

I’m delighted to report that work is going very well on the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. Colin and I have nearly finished cataloguing the very extensive records of Bartram & Sons Ltd and hope to make the completed catalogue available… Read more

Photographic collection gets its own room in the Archive Stores

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Posted by administrator on February 14, 2012     Permalink     Comments (3)

A recent move of material over to the Northern Region Film & Television Archive at Teesside University www.nrfta.org.uk meant that a small room became vacant in the archive stores at Discovery Museum.  The Archivists and the Conservation Officers agreed that this… Read more

Kith and Kin: New Glass and Ceramics Stage 2 – The ‘Crinson Jug’

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Posted by administrator on February 9, 2012     Permalink     Comments (9)

The second stage of Kith and Kin: New Glass and Ceramics began at the National Glass Centre on 9th January, where a number of the exhibitors changed or augmented their displays. Read more

Hidden History – LGBT Month

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Posted by administrator on February 2, 2012     Permalink     Comments (3)

In recent years there has been increasing interest in more personal versions of history such as gender and sexuality, but it’s often difficult to uncover evidence of private lives, particularly of ordinary people. In reviewing a recent addition to the… Read more