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Real life doesn’t always sound as it should – by Kristina Holmberg

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   The Archives
Posted by administrator on July 5, 2019     Permalink     Comments (1)

Unlocking Our Sound Heritage – from a placement student’s point of view “Real life doesn’t always sound as it should” (Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time) We are so used to being told stories. Even real life is… Read more

Hunting the Caribou – by Jo Anderson, Assistant Keeper of Archaeology

Archaeology   Art   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock
Posted by administrator on July 2, 2019     Permalink     Leave a comment

For many of the First Nations living in the north of Canada, caribou was an important food source.  These large creatures, which are very similar to  reindeer in northern Europe, were hunted by many different peoples for their meat and… Read more

From the Lab to the Galleries – My Great North Museum: Hancock internship. A guest blog by Amy Tooke

Collections & Objects   Education   Exhibitions   Great North Museum: Hancock   Natural Sciences   Science
Posted by administrator on June 14, 2019     Permalink     Comments (1)

My name is Amy Tooke and I’m a PhD student at the University of Sheffield, researching the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (its most famous guise is as the hospital superbug MRSA) and how it responds to antibiotics and interacts with the… Read more

Live Well & Bowes Railway Museum – by Ruth Sheldon, Assistant Outreach Officer (Live Well)

Collections & Objects   Health & wellbeing   Live Well   Older people   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on June 6, 2019     Permalink     Leave a comment

‘Live Well’ is a three-year partnership (2016-2019) between Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM) and National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) supported by the Big Lottery fund. ‘Live Well’ is an outreach project offering learning opportunities for older adults (50+)… Read more

The Art of Nature Part 3 – Illustrations of the 16th Century. A guest blog by Immy Mobley.

Art   Books   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock   Natural Sciences
Posted by administrator on June 3, 2019     Permalink     Comments (1)

Hello, my name is Immy and I am researching the use of art in natural history illustration during my placement at the Great North Museum: Hancock Library. The Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN) has a wonderful collection of books… Read more