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Toys in the TWAM Collections – guest post by placement student Gemma Ashby

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum
Posted by administrator on August 30, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

I’m a Museum Studies student on placement here at Discovery as part of my Masters course. Some of the work I have been doing has involved looking at the presence of women and girls within the TWAM collections, in particular… Read more

On Placement at Discovery Museum – guest post by placement student Gemma Ashby

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Local History
Posted by administrator on August 30, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

My name is Gemma Ashby and I have just completed a work placement at the Discovery Museum. I am currently a postgraduate student at Newcastle University, working towards my MA in Museum Studies, which I will graduate from in December… Read more

Would you Adam and Eve it!

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Exhibitions   Science   Shipley Art Gallery   Technology
Posted by administrator on August 24, 2017     Permalink     Comments (2)

The Shipley Art Gallery is currently celebrating its centenary and as part of the Centenary Exhibition some of the star objects have been displayed. I was asked to examine the painting by Joachim Wtewael called The Temptation of Adam and Eve.… Read more

Horse’s head

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on August 22, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

As part of the Hadrian’s Cavalry exhibition here at Arbeia we have a display of photographs of items from our collection showing images of horses. The most intriguing shows a Roman horse skull under excavation. The skull was found a… Read more

Worshipping Mithras in the Roman Empire. A guest post by Flora M. Kirk

Archaeology   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock
Posted by administrator on August 21, 2017     Permalink     Comments (2)

My name is Flora Kirk. I am an Ancient Studies undergraduate student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (USA). I have been on a Roman Society placement at the Great North Museum: Hancock for the past few weeks. I hope you enjoy… Read more