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Menswear from 1800 to 1900

Costume collections are typically inundated with women’s clothes and accessories, while menswear remains to be relatively under represented. There could be many reasons for this; men tend to wear their clothes for longer eventually wearing them out and having to… Read more

Guest post: Marie-Thérèse Mayne, Laing Art Gallery

This blog post is by Marie-Thérèse Mayne, Assistant Keeper of Art at the Laing Art Gallery. Migration Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has recently teamed up with researchers at Northumbria University to encourage new thinking and comment around important subjects,… Read more

Installing Ron Mueck’s ‘Youth’ in Divine Bodies exhibition

Ron Mueck’s fantastic sculpture ‘Youth’ was the last piece to be installed in the Divine Bodies exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery –  I thought you might like to see some snaps taken during the installation – so here they are… Read more

Last chance left to see the Jerwood Makers Open, at Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

The following blog post is by Isla Haddow who is studying a BA in Fine Art at De Montfort University, Leicester, and has completed a work placement with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. The Jerwood Makers Open is part of… Read more

Penny lick

The secrets of ice cream date back to some of the world’s earliest civilisations. Persians poured grape juice over snow, Emperor Nero mixed snow with fruit and honey, and frozen milk and rice were consumed in China. By the 17th… Read more