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Do we have plans of your house, school or place or work?

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   The Archives
Posted by administrator on May 23, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

Tyne & Wear Archives is jointly funded by the five metropolitan districts councils in Tyne & Wear. We hold a large quantity of local authority records including Council minute books, school records, public health records and coroners records. One of… Read more

Bringing a touch of royal glamour to Post-War Sunderland

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on April 21, 2013     Permalink     Comments (3)

Today is the Queen’s Birthday – she was born on 21 April 1926. To celebrate lets go back nearly 67 years to a time before she was on the throne, before she was even married. The year is 1946 and for… Read more

A Roman Mobile Device, a 21st Century Chariot, some Snazzy Shoes and two Iconic Lumps

Archaeology   Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Fashion   Local History   Segedunum Roman Fort   Social History
Posted by administrator on March 22, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

I’ve been exploring TWAM’s collections and have found some interesting and surprising things. This is one of the highlights of our Archaeology collection and is on display at Segedunum in Wallsend:- It’s a portable Roman shrine about the same size… Read more

Fascinating collection of love letters donated to Tyne & Wear Archives

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on February 15, 2013     Permalink     Comments (3)

The Archives holds thousands of collections, covering a wide variety of subjects. One subject that is not well covered in our collections but which has exercised the minds of writers and poets for hundreds of years is ‘love’. I’m delighted… Read more

Christmas in February!

Collections & Objects   Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on February 5, 2013     Permalink     Comments (4)

Depending on how you look at it, you could either say that Christmas has come two months late, or ten months early, at South Shields Museum! The reason: I’ve just opened a parcel from the USA and inside was a… Read more