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The Great Flood of November 1771 – guest post by Emily Needle

My name is Emily Needle. I am a 3rd year History student at Newcastle University on a work placement at the Great North Museum Hancock: Library.  I am fortunate to be able to look at and read some wonderful old… Read more

Guest post – Tim Shaw

Transmit / Receive The First World War accelerated technological innovation. Many of the devices developed were used to generate or listen to sound for communication purposes. From radio broadcasts to early underwater microphones, listening was a key strategy in the… Read more

Memories of the Hancock museum (part 3)

The development associated with Capital of Culture led to the development of the idea for the Great North Museum, the linking together of the development and management of the Hancock Museum, Museum of Antiquities, Hatton Gallery and Shefton  Museum. Following… Read more

The importance of ‘Invitations to Play’

Today I read with interest of Toddlers’ Choice at the Whitworth: a project in which toddlers were invited to vote for their favourite artwork from a selection. They were also presented with sensory play themed around the favourite artworks they’d voted for,… Read more

Feeding the imagination: a food themed ‘Creative Baby!’

I’m in the midst of planning the third session of ‘Creative Baby!’ and thought it’d be interesting to do a forward-looking, rather than retrospective blog post on this. The next session will focus on the exhibition ‘Eat, Drink and Make… Read more