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An art exhibition tour… for babies?!

Shipley Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on January 7, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

The final Creative Baby! session of 2015 felt like a really positive one – partly because so many of the babies had reached developmental milestones that enabled them to get the most out of the tour; and partly because I… Read more

Transmit/Receive part 2

Collections & Objects   World War 1
Posted by administrator on December 29, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

A guest post by Tim Shaw.  Following on from two sold out workshops at the Discovery Museum the Transmit/Receive team took to World War One relevant sites around Tyneside to experiment with Morse code machines, hydrophones, short-range radio transmitters and… Read more

‘Saved by a Cat’ – a feel good story for Christmas

Military History   Social History   The Archives   World War 1
Posted by administrator on December 22, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

A few months ago I spent a morning at North Tyneside Local Studies Library, with my colleague Sarah Younas, looking through old editions of the Shields Daily News. We were searching for the stories behind some of the First World War… Read more

Reflections on a journey of discovery: lessons learned from ‘Creative Baby!’

Shipley Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on December 16, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

It’s widely known that babies learn through play, but what can adults learn from the experience?  Earlier this year I came up with the idea of ‘Creative Baby!‘ and launched it in August as a experimental pilot project at the Shipley… Read more

It’s Alive! Riding Turbinia, 1897

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Education   Exhibitions   Local History   Maritime History   Science   Social History   Technology
Posted by administrator on December 11, 2015     Permalink     Comments (3)

It’s a funny thing, working in a museum.  You get so used to the extraordinary things around you that they sometimes seem to fade into the background.  Then, suddenly, something happens to inspire you all over again.  I come to… Read more