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Great North Museum: Hancock Library book of the month

Archaeology   Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History
Posted by administrator on February 25, 2011     Permalink     Comments (2)

Local records; or, historical register of remarkable events, which have occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Berwick-upon-Tweed … From the collection of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. Selected by Brenda Astley, Library volunteer Last week, whilst… Read more

Focus on the collections (part 3) – The library and archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria

Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Natural Sciences   Social History
Posted by administrator on January 18, 2011     Permalink     Comments (1)

  The library Following on from my last two blogs on the library collections, I’m going to tell you about the library and archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN). The NHSN began acquiring material for its library… Read more

Book moves in the Great North Museum: Hancock Library

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Posted by administrator on September 22, 2010     Permalink     Comments (1)

We’ve been pretty busy in the library recently moving books around. This has helped all of the three collections housed in the library. Older and more fragile books belonging to the Society of Antiquaries have been moved into our controlled… Read more

Welcome to the Great North Museum: Hancock Library blog!

Books   Collections & Objects   Great North Museum: Hancock   Natural Sciences
Posted by administrator on July 20, 2010     Permalink     Comments (2)

Let me start by telling you a little about the Library. We have three collections here: the archives and library of the Natural History Society of Northumbria (NHSN), the library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne (SANT)… Read more