Posts by venue: Science

Behind the Scenes in the Science and Industry Stores

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Maritime History   Science
Posted by administrator on April 16, 2013     Permalink     Comments (4)

Last week I cleaned a German World War One Torpedo, found out what’s stored inside the drawer of an Electro Shock Therapy table, took photographs of an airplane engine and opened a wooden crate that had been sealed for over… Read more

Museums don’t just collect the ‘old stuff’…

Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Science
Posted by administrator on July 7, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

My colleague Graham Bradshaw is currently managing a project called Science & Society. The aim is to accession objects into the collection that reflect the important role science plays in our lives today. Following discussions with our colleagues over the… Read more

Inspiration for working in Natural History

Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock   Natural Sciences   Science
Posted by administrator on October 28, 2010     Permalink     Leave a comment

Working for a museum and working with their natural history collections is something that I have wanted to do since I left university. I did wander through the bird galleries of the old Hancock museum as a girl and marvel… Read more

Painting Conservation: the CSI of the Museum World

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Laing Art Gallery   Science
Posted by administrator on August 3, 2010     Permalink     Leave a comment

Welcome to the new Conservation blog. I am hoping to be able to give you a little insight into what is happening behind the scenes in the conservation studio. Usually when I introduce myself to people and tell them I’m… Read more