Posts by venue: Discovery Museum

Items of Interest from the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Lace Collection – part 2

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum
Posted by administrator on February 5, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

Part 2 of a guest post by Gil Dye who is a volunteer at Discovery Museum in Newcastle. From a lacemaker’s point of view a small collar – ref: TWCMS_ H2387 –  is one of the most interesting tape-lace collars… Read more

‘Volunteers are like a secret weapon of the museums sector’

Discovery Museum   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on February 2, 2016     Permalink     Leave a comment

A guest post by Jack Walton, a volunteer at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. Jack’s article first appeared on the Guardian website as part of its Culture Professionals series. Jack Walton currently volunteers within Tyne & Wear Archives and… Read more

Newcastle West End Foodbank

Discovery Museum   Social History
Posted by administrator on January 21, 2016     Permalink     Comments (1)

We want Discovery Museum to be a place where people can find out more about contemporary issues and where people can discuss these issues. We recently found out what would be in a food parcel that would be given out… Read more

Items of Interest from the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Lace Collection

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Fashion   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on January 15, 2016     Permalink     Comments (1)

This is a guest post by Gil Dye, a volunteer at Discovery Museum.  Tape Lace Branscombe Point is a tape lace that was first made in the  Devon village of Branscombe around 1860. This was at a time when lace… Read more

It’s Alive! Riding Turbinia, 1897

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Education   Exhibitions   Local History   Maritime History   Science   Social History   Technology
Posted by administrator on December 11, 2015     Permalink     Comments (3)

It’s a funny thing, working in a museum.  You get so used to the extraordinary things around you that they sometimes seem to fade into the background.  Then, suddenly, something happens to inspire you all over again.  I come to… Read more