Posts by venue: Social History

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

The first exhibit for the display arrives

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Design   Exhibitions   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on October 11, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

Another milestone in the Wagon Refurbishment Project has been reached with the delivery of the first exhibit for the displays, other than the wagons themselves of course. It is also quite a big exhibit….a 1963 Rover P4 model 110 that… Read more

David Horsefield

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Great North Museum: Hancock   Hatton Gallery   Laing Art Gallery   Segedunum Roman Fort   Shipley Art Gallery   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   Stephenson Steam Railway   The Archives   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on October 3, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

We’re fast approaching our annual volunteer awards in November of this year. David won an award for his Outstanding Contribution to Customer Care last year after volunteering with us for over 8 years across all of our venues. I asked David, a… Read more

Hair Rollers and Horseshoes

Discovery Museum   Great North Museum: Hancock   Segedunum Roman Fort   Social History   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on September 27, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

I’m currently preparing to present at the Culture Shock conference at the end of September and feeling rather nostalgic. Looking back at some of the stories that the volunteers from Culture Track created I’m so impressed with the work that… Read more

Fairground slides

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on September 6, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

While watching actor Larry Lamb discover his fascinating fairground roots last night on ‘Who do you think you are?’ I remembered an amazing collection of glass slides that we found in the history store a few years ago at Discovery Museum. In… Read more