Posts by venue: Local History

A New Look at Some Old Friends

Art   Hatton Gallery   Local History
Posted by administrator on November 1, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

Emily, one of our Conservators, is this week steam cleaning sculptures in advance of their display in the upcoming exhibition at the Hatton Gallery.    John Graham Lough (1798-1876) (2 Dec 2011 – 18 Feb 2012)   My colleague Rob at… Read more

Trick or Treat?

Collections & Objects   Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on October 26, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

With Halloween fast approaching, I got to thinking about what we have in the collections at South Shields Museum to represent this spooky time of year! I’ve recently been scanning a large collection of 35mm slides, taken by Ronald Sanderson… Read more

Recent developments on the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on October 24, 2011     Permalink     Comments (6)

It’s been an exciting past month on the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. For one thing I now have a ‘glamorous’ assistant, Colin Boyd, who will be working part-time with me for the next year. Colin has worked in the shipbuilding… Read more

The wagons out in the open for the last time before the Wagon Shed Opens on 22 October….

Collections Management   Local History   Technology
Posted by administrator on October 20, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

The fit out company came on site on Monday 17th October to install the displays and interactives. In order to protect the platform edge next to the Goods Brake Van so that people can get right up to it and… Read more

A grim death for a most heinous crime…

Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on October 18, 2011     Permalink     Comments (3)

The other week I participated in a ghost walk around Newcastle city centre and although I’m not a believer in the supernatural by any means, I was intrigued by this region’s gruesome history and wasn’t disappointed. As Exhibitions Officer at… Read more