Tag Archives: conservation

Interesting Image No. 1

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Discovery Museum
Posted by administrator on May 31, 2012     Permalink     Comments (1)

Would anyone like to guess what these carefully stored museum objects are?

Marguerite hidden beneath 100 years of dirt

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Education   Exhibitions
Posted by administrator on March 15, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

The Art for Sunderland Exhibition is designed to give an idea of what goes on behind the scenes in a museum. I was lucky enough to get to choose a painting to work on in gallery.   I chose ‘Marguerite… Read more

Settle Down Cafe hosts Archives Exhibition

Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History   New Media   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on March 13, 2012     Permalink     Comments (1)

We’ve installed one of our exhibitions at The Settle Down Cafe in Newcastle. It’s called, “Out of One Eye: the photography of Jimmy Forsyth” Why not pop along and have a look…? Let me know what you think. Jimmy Forsyth… Read more

Photographic collection gets its own room in the Archive Stores

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Local History   Social History   The Archives
Posted by administrator on February 14, 2012     Permalink     Comments (3)

A recent move of material over to the Northern Region Film & Television Archive at Teesside University www.nrfta.org.uk meant that a small room became vacant in the archive stores at Discovery Museum.  The Archivists and the Conservation Officers agreed that this… Read more

A New Look at Some Old Friends

Art   Hatton Gallery   Local History
Posted by administrator on November 1, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

Emily, one of our Conservators, is this week steam cleaning sculptures in advance of their display in the upcoming exhibition at the Hatton Gallery.    John Graham Lough (1798-1876) (2 Dec 2011 – 18 Feb 2012)   My colleague Rob at… Read more