Posts by venue: Discovery Museum

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

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

Interesting personnel records uncovered by the Sunderland Shipbuilding Archives project

During the past month I’ve been cataloguing the administrative records of Austin & Pickersgill Ltd and its two predecessor companies, S.P. Austin & Son Ltd and William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd. These include an interesting set of personnel records, which… Read more

A repossession and other discoveries from the Sunderland Shipbuilding Archives project

Work on the project has been progressing smoothly for the past month. Colin has now completed the cataloguing of the Bartram & Sons ships plans we hold and has started work on the plans of the Sunderland shipbuilding firm of… Read more

Settle Down Cafe hosts Archives Exhibition

We’ve installed one of our exhibitions at The Settle Down Cafe in Newcastle. It’s called, “Out of One Eye: the photography of Jimmy Forsyth” Why not pop along and have a look…? Let me know what you think. Jimmy Forsyth… Read more

Old apprenticeship registers discovered at Discovery Museum

As an archivist it’s always a great feeling when you receive an exciting new donation or you discover a fascinating document in your collections. I experienced that feeling earlier this week as I was working in the Discovery Museum loft… Read more