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Marine Wildlife Festival

Great North Museum: Hancock   Natural Sciences
Posted by administrator on June 21, 2012     Permalink     Comments (1)

So it all started with a conversation about inflatable whales…   Alison Lomax (from whale and dolphin charity ORCA) and I let our enthusiasm get the better of us and decided that as a lot of people might not be… Read more

Sing all about it!

Art   Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Education   Local History   Shipley Art Gallery   Social History
Posted by administrator on June 11, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

“Gannin’ alang the Scotswood Road to see the Blaydon Races Olympic Torch” Now that the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee has passed we look next to welcoming the Olympic flame to the region as part of its tour around the country in… Read more

Interesting Image No. 1

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum
Posted by administrator on May 31, 2012     Permalink     Comments (1)

Would anyone like to guess what these carefully stored museum objects are?

Fascinating diaries to be made available to the public for the first time

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on May 25, 2012     Permalink     Comments (5)

Since my last blog in late April work has been going well on the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. Colin and I have both been working on the project’s biggest collection – the records of William Doxford & Sons… Read more

The real Barras Bridge and Newcastle’s beautiful lost dean

Art   Collections & Objects   Laing Art Gallery   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on May 4, 2012     Permalink     Comments (52)

Imagine a deep ravine slicing across the Great North Road next to the Civic Centre, replacing concrete and tarmac with a beautiful tree-lined dean. Well, it’s not fantasy – this was Pandon Dean (or Dene – spelling varied). Much of… Read more