Posts by venue: Exhibitions

Highs and Lows of First World War Street Parties in Newcastle and Tyneside

Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History   World War 1
Posted by administrator on November 13, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

This sunny scene in Byker shows one of hundreds of back-lane tea parties that took place in Newcastle in the lovely hot summer of 1919. The parties celebrated the Peace Treaty of June 28th, which finally ended the First World War.… Read more

The engraving of John Hodgson

Art   Exhibitions   Segedunum Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on October 15, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

H. F. S. Mackreth produced the miniature of John Hodgson for inclusion in Hodgson’s work ‘The History of Northumberland’. This meant an engraving had to be produced from it so that multiple copies could be made for the books. An… Read more

The Mackreths and Thunder Thursday 1837-style

Art   Exhibitions   Segedunum Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on October 9, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

The artist Harriet Mackreth lived with her family at 3 High Swinburne Place in Newcastle, just off Westgate Road. The house held her parents, her two older sisters and her brother, while the 1841 census also mentions two female servants… Read more

H. F. S. Mackreth

Art   Exhibitions   Local History   Segedunum Roman Fort
Posted by administrator on September 19, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

Whilst I was researching the picture of John Hodgson for the Wall Face exhibition (on display at Segedunum Roman Fort) I was interested to find out that the painter of the original portrait used as the base for the published engraving,… Read more

Arcs & Sparks: Discovery Museum’s Electrical History Store

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Education   Exhibitions   Local History   Science   Social History   Technology
Posted by administrator on July 25, 2014     Permalink     Comments (1)

In Discovery Museum’s basement, beneath the feet of our unsuspecting visitors, there are store rooms full of even more science and technology artefacts awaiting their time in the spotlight.  My colleague Toni previously blogged about some of her experiences working to sort… Read more