Posts by date: April 2013

Behind the Scenes in the Science and Industry Stores

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Maritime History   Science
Posted by administrator on April 16, 2013     Permalink     Comments (4)

Last week I cleaned a German World War One Torpedo, found out what’s stored inside the drawer of an Electro Shock Therapy table, took photographs of an airplane engine and opened a wooden crate that had been sealed for over… Read more

Ralph Hedley at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Art   Collections & Objects   Local History   Shipley Art Gallery   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on April 8, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

The exhibition of paintings and sketchbooks by Ralph Hedley is on at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, but there’s still more Hedley paintings on show elsewhere in the local area. I took a Metro to South Shields to see the… Read more

RALPH HEDLEY

Art   Shipley Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on April 5, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

There’s a special exhibition of Ralph Hedley’s paintings at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, until 2 November 2013, but here’s some stuff about the famous Tyneside artist you won’t find in the exhibition. First of all Ralph Hedley’s not from… Read more

Do we have historic aerial photographs of your neighbourhood?

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on April 2, 2013     Permalink     Comments (5)

Tyne & Wear Archives holds thousands of fascinating collections covering an amazing variety of subjects. There are so many interesting collections that it would be very difficult to pick a favourite. Two kinds of documents do have a special place… Read more