Posts by venue: Archaeology

Great North Museum: Hancock Library

Archaeology   Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History
Posted by administrator on October 22, 2010     Permalink     Leave a comment

Focus on the collections – The Cowen Library There are three collections in the Library, the library and archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria, the library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Cowen Library.… Read more

Book moves in the Great North Museum: Hancock Library

Archaeology   Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Natural Sciences
Posted by administrator on September 22, 2010     Permalink     Comments (1)

We’ve been pretty busy in the library recently moving books around. This has helped all of the three collections housed in the library. Older and more fragile books belonging to the Society of Antiquaries have been moved into our controlled… Read more

The Victorian Press and the Fort

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on September 17, 2010     Permalink     Leave a comment

I have just been helping to choose some objects from the fort for an exhibition celebrating 150 years of the Museum in South Shields, and had to check up a bit on the history of one of the objects, which… Read more

Altar your Preconceptions

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Collections & Objects   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on August 19, 2010     Permalink     Comments (2)

I have worked at Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum for nearly four years now and I’ve only just been on a full tour of the site! I know I should be ashamed of myself and I am! But I’m glad… Read more

Excavations at Arbeia

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology
Posted by administrator on August 6, 2010     Permalink     Comments (1)

The excavations here at Arbeia are now in their third week.  The team (made up of volunteers from Earthwatch) are actually digging just outside the wall of the fort itself, hoping to pick up some of the civilian settlement that… Read more