Posts by venue: Great North Museum: Hancock

Some Old Naturalists – A Guest Post By Brian Allen

Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Natural Sciences
Posted by administrator on October 29, 2019     Permalink     Leave a comment

Hello, my name is Brian Allen and I am privileged to be a volunteer in the special and unique Great North Museum: Hancock Library. Welcome to my second blog about some of the amazing books that can be found here.… Read more

A Whale of a Newcastle Tale – by Jo Anderson, Assistant Keeper of Archaeology

Art   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Maritime History
Posted by administrator on September 9, 2019     Permalink     Leave a comment

Our ethnographic collection has originated from many different sources.  Explorers, missionaries, other museums – we’ve been accepting interesting objects from around the world for centuries.  During my time researching the North American collection, I’ve discovered that some of the objects… Read more

The New Naturalists – A Guest Post by Brian Allen

Books   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock   Natural Sciences
Posted by administrator on July 30, 2019     Permalink     Comments (1)

Hello, My name is Brian Allen and I am a Volunteer at the Great North Museum: Hancock Library. When you visit the Great North Museum: Hancock allow time to discover the library if you have not already done so.  It… Read more

Hunting the Caribou – by Jo Anderson, Assistant Keeper of Archaeology

Archaeology   Art   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock
Posted by administrator on July 2, 2019     Permalink     Leave a comment

For many of the First Nations living in the north of Canada, caribou was an important food source.  These large creatures, which are very similar to  reindeer in northern Europe, were hunted by many different peoples for their meat and… Read more

From the Lab to the Galleries – My Great North Museum: Hancock internship. A guest blog by Amy Tooke

Collections & Objects   Education   Exhibitions   Great North Museum: Hancock   Natural Sciences   Science
Posted by administrator on June 14, 2019     Permalink     Comments (1)

My name is Amy Tooke and I’m a PhD student at the University of Sheffield, researching the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (its most famous guise is as the hospital superbug MRSA) and how it responds to antibiotics and interacts with the… Read more