Posts by venue: Discovery Museum

Representing Persian Culture

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Social History
Posted by administrator on April 15, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

For the last couple of weeks I’ve been adding traditional Iranian or ‘Persian’ decorations to our collection. These items were gifted to Discovery by the Pakistan Cultural Society in Newcastle – an organisation which promotes traditional and contemporary South Asian… Read more

Sooty and Sweep (1963)

Discovery Museum   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on April 8, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

Sooty and Sweep star in ‘We Dispense With Accuracy’ on BFI Mediatheque. For those of us of ‘a certain age’ Sooty and Sweep were stalwarts of our childhood, along with Andy Pandy and Captain Scarlett. This 10 minute gem from… Read more

Census 2011

Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on March 28, 2011     Permalink     Comments (1)

Filling in the census yesterday took on new meaning to me because I recently started researching my family history. The censuses from years past have been crucial in helping me to find out where my ancestors lived, what they worked as… Read more

Ahoy There! Part 2

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Maritime History
Posted by administrator on March 25, 2011     Permalink     Comments (8)

A few days after we moved Noah’s Ark, I helped Ian Whitehead remove a ship model from its wooden and glass case, so it could be photographed for insurance purposes. This was a 58 inch long scale model of the… Read more

Ahoy There! Part 1

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Maritime History
Posted by administrator on March 22, 2011     Permalink     Comments Off on Ahoy There! Part 1

Since August Kylea Little, Keeper of History at Discovery, has been showing me how to look after the Social History collection. This job involves lots of record keeping so we can keep track of all our belongings. I’ve also been… Read more