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The Victorian Press and the Fort

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

I wouldn’t thank you for one of these!

As well as cash donations, we do get many wonderful and curious objects donated to us here at TWAM. I am however, eternally thankful that we don’t actually run a charity shop like many other charities do. I found this… Read more

Discover Fashion (and fabulous dresses!)

I’ve just finished working on a redisplay of one of the cases in the Fashion Works gallery at Discovery Museum. It showcases the work of students, past and present, from Northumbria University fashion courses. We really wanted to use a… Read more

I decided to write this blog as I would like to tell people more about what we do, day to day, running an art gallery in Gateshead. A lot of the time it is a bit like putting on a… Read more

Young Volunteers as Cultural Ambassadors

Here in the Volunteering team at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums a new project is underway to inspire young people (aged 19-25) to become cultural ambassadors in the region. The project mygames (powered by v) is inspired by the… Read more