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Growing our family offer

I’m really excited to have developed two new offers for Early Years, both of which are free and fairly flexible for people to drop into: Magic Carpet is a special artist-made bag that folds out into a creative playmat. It comes complete with… Read more

The Platinum Programme – working with local care homes

I run The Platinum Programme here at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums. The programme aims to engage people over the age of 55 with museum activities. This includes inviting people into our various venues via our Culture and Cake… Read more

Exhibition Explorers – new adventures ahead!

As we approached the end of the pilot of Creative Baby! it became apparent to me that the offer for Early Years really needed to grow along with the rapidly expanding Early Years audience we’d attracted. The response to Creative Baby!… Read more

Items of Interest from the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Lace Collection – part 2

Part 2 of a guest post by Gil Dye who is a volunteer at Discovery Museum in Newcastle. From a lacemaker’s point of view a small collar – ref: TWCMS_ H2387 –  is one of the most interesting tape-lace collars… Read more

Pine cones and coffins: looking back at Carrawburgh

During my latest bimble along Hadrian’s Wall, I inevitably ended up at one of my favourite Roman sites, the Mithraic temple site at Carrawburgh.  The Roman name of the nearby fort site was Brocolitia.  This was probably based on the… Read more