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‘Volunteers are like a secret weapon of the museums sector’

A guest post by Jack Walton, a volunteer at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. Jack’s article first appeared on the Guardian website as part of its Culture Professionals series. Jack Walton currently volunteers within Tyne & Wear Archives and… Read more

Newcastle West End Foodbank

We want Discovery Museum to be a place where people can find out more about contemporary issues and where people can discuss these issues. We recently found out what would be in a food parcel that would be given out… Read more

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

This is a guest post by Gil Dye, a volunteer at Discovery Museum.  Tape Lace Branscombe Point is a tape lace that was first made in the  Devon village of Branscombe around 1860. This was at a time when lace… Read more

Our favourite magical moments: revisiting the ‘Creative Baby!’ exhibition tours.

There have been so many wonderful surprises over the course of ‘Creative Baby!’ Here we look back on some of our favourite discoveries, revisiting those moments when the babies responded in fascinating ways the artwork and creative play: The whole-body response: Whilst adults… Read more

Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, star of the Renaissance, at the Laing Art Gallery

Leonardo da Vinci was a handsome man – the early accounts all comment on his good looks. He was also amazingly talented – only Michelangelo challenged him for supremacy in painting and drawing. In addition to his artistic achievements, Leonardo… Read more