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Sharing the Love…

One of the pleasures of working with an amazing museum collection is being able to share it with people, whether through our own exhibitions and behind-the-scenes store tours or by lending objects out to other museums, galleries and carefully selected… Read more

Guest post by Ben Jones: The Spence Watson Archive Project

I started meeting with people from Bensham Grove Community Centre in Gateshead whilst undergoing research for my PhD. Through conversations with Shirley Brown, Chair of Bensham Grove and local historian I became fascinated by the history of the building in… Read more

The Training Ship “Wellesley” at North Shields 1868-1914

School Ship on the Tyne – The Training Ship Wellesley at North Shields 1868 – 1914. The driving force behind having a training ship on the Tyne was James Hall, a local shipowner. Hall was worried about declining numbers of… Read more

JMW Turner : The Thames Near Walton Bridges, 1805

Fresh, vivid, spontaneous – this is one of Turner’s most attractive oil sketches, I think. He’s responding to the visual sensations of this spot on the River Thames – the colours and shapes of the landscape, and the light flooding… Read more

Bazaar or just bizarre?

Bazaars have long been used by organisations as a way of raising money for good causes. The main event would usually consist of a variety of stalls selling donated items. Bazaars could be meticulously organised affairs and detailed programmes were… Read more