Posts by venue: Local History

First World War stories: The Nurse’s Tale

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Military History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on August 20, 2013     Permalink     Comments (6)

My last blog looked at the exploits of George Cuthbertson, a marine engineer from South Shields. He and his fellow crew members on board the oil tanker ‘Sunik’ saved the vessel after she was torpedoed by a u-boat near Messina… Read more

Potshare Bowling – An almost forgotten sport of North East England

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on August 16, 2013     Permalink     Comments (10)

We are just coming to the end of ‘Home and Away’, a Heritage Lottery funded exhibition and project looking at the history of North East Sport and the modern Olympics. One of the aims of Home and Away was to… Read more

First World War stories: Saving the ‘Sunik’

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on July 29, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

2014 will see the Centenary of the start of the First World War. The Archives holds many fascinating records, showing how the War impacted on the Tyne & Wear area. Over the next few years we will be sharing some… Read more

Ralph Hedley trail for Children at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

Art   Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Local History   Shipley Art Gallery   Social History   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on July 17, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

The following blog post is by Isla Haddow who is studying a BA in Fine Art at De Montfort University, Leicester, and has completed a work placement with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. I was asked to do a trail… Read more

The Cultural History of Technology

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Regional Resource Centre   Technology
Posted by administrator on July 12, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has recently teamed up with researchers at Northumbria University to encourage new thinking and comment around important subjects, such as Britishness, migration, and culture in an industrial region. Each week, for four weeks, we’ll… Read more