Posts by venue: Discovery Museum

Do we have plans of your house, school or place or work?

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   The Archives
Posted by administrator on May 23, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

Tyne & Wear Archives is jointly funded by the five metropolitan districts councils in Tyne & Wear. We hold a large quantity of local authority records including Council minute books, school records, public health records and coroners records. One of… Read more

Fifties Fashion…

Discovery Museum   Fashion
Posted by administrator on April 30, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

After years of austerity during World War II, the following era could be characterised by the revival of Haute Couture.  The structured square shoulders and shorter skirts of the war years were replaced with the softer feminine silhouette, rounded shoulders and… Read more

Bringing a touch of royal glamour to Post-War Sunderland

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on April 21, 2013     Permalink     Comments (3)

Today is the Queen’s Birthday – she was born on 21 April 1926. To celebrate lets go back nearly 67 years to a time before she was on the throne, before she was even married. The year is 1946 and for… Read more

P boats of the First World War – William Bartram and P23

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Maritime History   Military History
Posted by administrator on April 18, 2013     Permalink     Comments (29)

Recently I’ve been researching a class of naval vessels that doesn’t usually attract much attention. Since there were 44 of them they weren’t exclusive or unique, although they were very special to the shipyards that built them. I’m talking about… Read more

Behind the Scenes in the Science and Industry Stores

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Maritime History   Science
Posted by administrator on April 16, 2013     Permalink     Comments (4)

Last week I cleaned a German World War One Torpedo, found out what’s stored inside the drawer of an Electro Shock Therapy table, took photographs of an airplane engine and opened a wooden crate that had been sealed for over… Read more