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Top 12 Waistcoats (part 1)

  This is a guest post by Zoe-Marie Dobbs, a volunteer with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.  In the costume collection at the Discovery Museum, there are over 250 waistcoats which span from the 17th century to the present day.… Read more

If only we knew! A guest post by Michael Metcalf

  This blog post follows Michael’s previous post which you can read here.  Being in West Berlin and having recovered from travelling and filming in East Berlin we carried on with filming in West Berlin. We filmed various people and… Read more

The Exhibition Explorers’ latest adventures

Exhibition Explorers is now midway through. We’re having a fascinating time exploring museums and galleries from toddlers’ perspectives. Between sessions, everyone’s been embarking on a ‘Family Adventure’ and coming back with tales of what they discover. We add these to… Read more

Only a TUBE crew! A guest post by Michael Metcalf

  Working on the TUBE was not always about filming in glamorous locations and meeting world famous rock stars! Because the show wanted to bring all kinds of music and culture to the UK  audience one of our more memorable… Read more

The Hatton Collection is on the Move!

In March the Hatton Gallery closed for 18 months in order to modernise and improve its facilities, entailing a large amount of building work. In order to keep the collections safe during this period it will be necessary to remove all works… Read more