Posts by venue: Books

Great North Museum: Hancock Library book of the month

Local records; or, historical register of remarkable events, which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed … From the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. Selected by Brenda Astley, Library volunteer Last week, whilst… Read more

Focus on the collections (part 3) – The library and archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria

  The library Following on from my last two blogs on the library collections, I’m going to tell you about the library and archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN). The NHSN began acquiring material for its library… Read more

Focus on the collections (part 2) – The library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne

In my last blog update I started looking at the three different collections housed in the library at the Great North Museum: Hancock. This month I’m going to tell you about the library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle… Read more

Great North Museum: Hancock Library

Focus on the collections – The Cowen Library There are three collections in the Library, the library and archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria, the library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Cowen Library.… Read more

Book moves in the Great North Museum: Hancock Library

We’ve been pretty busy in the library recently moving books around. This has helped all of the three collections housed in the library. Older and more fragile books belonging to the Society of Antiquaries have been moved into our controlled… Read more