Tag Archives: Discovery Museum

Potshare Bowling – An almost forgotten sport of North East England

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on August 16, 2013     Permalink     Comments (10)

We are just coming to the end of ‘Home and Away’, a Heritage Lottery funded exhibition and project looking at the history of North East Sport and the modern Olympics. One of the aims of Home and Away was to… Read more

Menswear from 1900-1980

Discovery Museum
Posted by administrator on July 11, 2013     Permalink     Comments (1)

After the first installment of menswear from 1800-1900, this blog will continue exploring the styles and shapes that dominated menswear from 1900-1980. Fashion is continually updating and reinventing itself, so read on for some future fashion trends! The lounge coat… Read more

Menswear from 1800 to 1900

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Fashion   Social History
Posted by administrator on July 4, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

Costume collections are typically inundated with women’s clothes and accessories, while menswear remains to be relatively under represented. There could be many reasons for this; men tend to wear their clothes for longer eventually wearing them out and having to… Read more

Fifties Fashion…

Discovery Museum   Fashion
Posted by administrator on April 30, 2013     Permalink     Comments (1)

After years of austerity during World War II, the following era could be characterised by the revival of Haute Couture.  The structured square shoulders and shorter skirts of the war years were replaced with the softer feminine silhouette, rounded shoulders and… Read more

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