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Cultural History of Technology

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on August 28, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

Hey everyone!  I’m posting this on behalf of Sarah Cotton, our Keeper of Contemporary Collecting:- Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has recently teamed up with researchers at Northumbria University to encourage new thinking and comment around important subjects, such… Read more

First World War stories: The Nurse’s Tale

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Military History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on August 20, 2013     Permalink     Comments (6)

My last blog looked at the exploits of George Cuthbertson, a marine engineer from South Shields. He and his fellow crew members on board the oil tanker ‘Sunik’ saved the vessel after she was torpedoed by a u-boat near Messina… Read more

Potshare Bowling – An almost forgotten sport of North East England

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on August 16, 2013     Permalink     Comments (10)

We are just coming to the end of ‘Home and Away’, a Heritage Lottery funded exhibition and project looking at the history of North East Sport and the modern Olympics. One of the aims of Home and Away was to… Read more

Behind the Scenes at the Regional Museums Store

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Maritime History   Science
Posted by administrator on August 8, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

My mother recently acquired a full-size potter’s wheel. Making a mockery of the laws of physics she managed to get it into the back of her car and drive it home. The unstoppable mantra of the shopaholics ‘I love it.… Read more

What’s the story?! Ralph Hedley’s painting Go, and God’s will be done! (1891)

Art   Collections & Objects   Laing Art Gallery   Shipley Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on August 6, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

There’s a big drama going on in this painting – Go, and God’s will be done! The cat on the left is sleeping peacefully in front of a fire, while behind her is a scene of wild activity. This great melodrama… Read more