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Rainbow Stories at Northern Pride 2017

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   The Archives
Posted by administrator on August 3, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

TWAM have just completed a 1 year project with Historypin.org collecting life stories, photos and digital oral histories with older people. The project is called Historypin Connections and can be found here – www.historypin.org/en/connections-tyne-wear. My colleague Clara had links with a… Read more

The Tank and the Officer in the Tower

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Military History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on July 28, 2017     Permalink     Comments (1)

This blog has been written by Colin Boyd, a volunteer (and good friend) who has been helping to catalogue the plans in our remarkable Vickers Armstrong collection. Whilst working on the Vickers Armstrongs archive I came across a very good… Read more

A Waggonway Adventure

Archaeology   Local History   Maritime History   Stephenson Steam Railway   Technology   Transport
Posted by administrator on July 25, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

Early one morning in July, my colleague Kev and I set off to collect the majority of the waggonway timbers from York Archaeological Trust where they have been undergoing preservation treatment for the last 3 years. Or, as we like… Read more

Things to do in north east museums and galleries this summer

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Discovery Museum   Great North Museum: Hancock   Hatton Gallery   Laing Art Gallery   Must-see Museums   Segedunum Roman Fort   Shipley Art Gallery   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   Stephenson Steam Railway
Posted by administrator on July 13, 2017     Permalink     Comments (1)

  The pick of the best summer events from Must-see Museums There are lots of things to keep the kids entertained over the school holidays at Tyneside’s museums and galleries. We’ve rounded up our pick of the best to help… Read more

Wonder Woman and the Amazons

Archaeology   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock
Posted by administrator on June 22, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

The recent release of the film Wonder Woman has raised interest in Amazons, fearless warrior women, who were more than capable of taking on their male equivalents in combat. Wonder Woman herself is an Amazon brought up on the island… Read more