Posts by venue: Social History

South Tyneside during the First World War

I am a MA Art Museum and Gallery Studies student at Newcastle University, as part of my degree I am completing an eight week work placement at South Shields Museum. It is coming up to the last week of my… Read more

Sounds of Benwell

The cobbler, the banger and the pigeons. ‘The ear is indolent and dull’, used to say Theodor Adorno in his essays about music. You can’t prevent yourself from listening to sounds; listening is such a passive activity. Sometimes it’s so… Read more

‘The ‘Scotia’ Old and New’ by Albert Ernest Black

For my eight week placement here at South Shields museum I will am working with the art collection to curate two exhibitions which will be shown in their stairwell gallery. A lot of my time here has been spent in the… Read more

Remembering Sunderland’s ship launches

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

Sharing the Love…

One of the pleasures of working with an amazing museum collection is being able to share it with people, whether through our own exhibitions and behind-the-scenes store tours or by lending objects out to other museums, galleries and carefully selected… Read more