Posts by venue: Exhibitions

What’s the recipe for a Leonardo da Vinci drawing? Ten Drawings from the Royal Collection

Art   Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on March 31, 2016     Permalink     Comments (1)

How did Leonardo da Vinci go about creating the exceptional drawings currently on show at the Laing Art Gallery, lent from the Royal Collection? One of Leonardo’s main drawing materials was ink, used with a quill pen. The fluidity of… Read more

John Franklin – The mystery of the Polar explorer

Art   Books   Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Great North Museum: Hancock   Maritime History   Social History
Posted by administrator on February 26, 2016     Permalink     Comments (2)

My name is Emily Needle and I am a 3rd year History student at Newcastle University. I’m on a Placement in the Great North Museum: Hancock Library and this is my second Blog Post.  I have been researching the famous… Read more

Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, star of the Renaissance, at the Laing Art Gallery

Art   Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on January 8, 2016     Permalink     Comments (1)

Leonardo da Vinci was a handsome man – the early accounts all comment on his good looks. He was also amazingly talented – only Michelangelo challenged him for supremacy in painting and drawing. In addition to his artistic achievements, Leonardo… 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

Running with the Greats – a guest post by David Wright

Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History
Posted by administrator on September 7, 2015     Permalink     Leave a comment

With the Great North Greats exhibition now open at Discovery Museum, visitors have been pouring in, taking our visitor counter to almost 35,000 already! The exhibition brings together the world of sport and industry, using the one millionth finish of… Read more