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Tyne map

The Archives has just acquired an intriguing new addition that has required some detective work to uncover the truth of. On the surface it is an L-shaped map of the River Tyne from Heddon on the Wall to the sea,… Read more

Joe’s blog

My name is Dorothy and I have been a volunteer at South Shields Museum and Art Gallery for about two years. Over the last few months I have been cataloguing the possessions of the late Joseph Cunningham who ran a… Read more

Baskets

Today I have been showing one of the baskets in the museums’ collection to a member of the Northumbria Basketry Group. The group were interested in seeing the replica creel that we had in our collection to compare it some… Read more

Adam, Lou and the Magnificent UV Ray Machine

Here’s a picture of Lou, one of TWAM’s Conservators. She’s currently busy preparing objects for an exhibition which will celebrate 150 years of South Shields Museum and Art Gallery. Adam the exhibition curator selected the UV Ray machine (TWM : 2010.3227) because… Read more

Book moves in the Great North Museum: Hancock Library

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