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Improving access to our shipbuilding collections

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   The Archives   World War 1
Posted by administrator on June 19, 2017     Permalink     Comments (1)

The shipbuilding collections at Tyne & Wear Archives are widely recognised to be of outstanding historical significance. They have attracted international research interest and back in 2013 were given official recognition through their addition to the UK Memory of the… Read more

Funding the Willington Waggonway

Archaeology   Stephenson Steam Railway   Support Us   Transport
Posted by administrator on May 19, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

It is common knowledge that museums are feeling the pinch as councils tighten budgets, so you may have wondered where the funding came from for the Willington Waggonway Research Programme. The rescue, preservation and research of a section of the… Read more

Danger and adventure for Tyne and Wear ships’ crews in the Spanish Civil War

Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   Transport
Posted by administrator on April 28, 2017     Permalink     Comments (2)

This photograph of the devastation of the Basque port of Bilbao in April 1937 was taken by Captain Still of the Newcastle ship Hamsterley, on a mission to take food to the beleaguered city and rescue refugees during the Spanish… Read more

Two decorated swords

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on April 21, 2017     Permalink     Leave a comment

One of our international loans for the section of Hadrian’s Cavalry exhibition at Arbeia Roman Fort is a complete sword blade with inlaid decoration. This was chosen to be a companion piece to our own (incomplete) blade, which is also… Read more

Exploring Moana at the GNM: Hancock

Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock
Posted by administrator on April 12, 2017     Permalink     Comments (1)

One of my guilty pleasures in life is watching Disney films.  When the new offering Moana was released recently, I enjoyed whiling away a rainy Sunday afternoon watching the adventures of characters who lived far, far away and many centuries… Read more