Posts by venue: Maritime History

Nothing But Blue Skies From Now ON! (removal of some very Yellow varnish)

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Education   Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery   Maritime History   Science   Technology
Posted by administrator on December 22, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

This year as a way of coping with a sharp reduction in Museum funding we are all being asked to find new ways of raising funds. This means that for the first time (in my memory at least) our Conservation… Read more

The Neptune Shell Shop bracelet and the response to the shell crisis of 1915 – Part 1

Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Local History   Maritime History   Segedunum Roman Fort   Technology   World War 1
Posted by administrator on December 5, 2014     Permalink     Leave a comment

A few weeks back I accepted a donation of a gold bracelet into TWAM’s collection. I am told that as a piece of jewellery it is unremarkable, but I think it is lovely. As TWAM’s maritime historian it is an… Read more

First World War Stories: Bringing the Unknown Warrior home

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Military History   Social History   The Archives   World War 1
Posted by administrator on November 10, 2014     Permalink     Comments (2)

    The shipyard of R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie at Hebburn built many fine ships, perhaps none as admired as HMS Kelly. However, during the First World War the firm built a torpedo boat destroyer, which also has a… Read more

Exciting new addition to the Vickers Armstrong collection

Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Military History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on July 1, 2014     Permalink     Comments (38)

I’m pleased to report that the ‘Workshop of the World’ project to catalogue the records of Vickers Armstrong is progressing well. I’m continuing to work through the large quantity of unlisted material in the collection and will look forward to… Read more

Remembering Sunderland’s ship launches

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Posted by administrator on June 4, 2014     Permalink     Comments (7)

Tyne & Wear Archives is delighted to present a new flickr set remembering Sunderland ship launches of the past 150 years. The set has been produced to celebrate Sunderland History Fair, which will be held at the Seaburn Centre, Sunderland on… Read more