Tag Archives: local history

Monkwearmouth Station Museum Railway Wagon Restoration Project – The Restoration Begins!

Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Local History
Posted by administrator on June 10, 2011     Permalink     Comments (2)

The most exciting part of our Wagon Restoration Project began several weeks ago with the arrival of tradesmen from Rampart Carriage & Wagon Services to Monkwearmouth.  With their bespoke shed finished (and looking fantastic!) the wagons are currently undergoing a… Read more

Joe’s blog no. 5

Collections & Objects   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on February 18, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

Before we ‘say Goodbye’ to Joe there is one more aspect of his life that I’d like to share with you. Throughout his adult life, Joe was an ardent fan of Gracie Fields and both collected and promoted all her… 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

Focus on the collections (part 2) – The library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne

Archaeology   Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Social History
Posted by administrator on December 6, 2010     Permalink     Comments (4)

In my last blog update I started looking at the three different collections housed in the library at the Great North Museum: Hancock. This month I’m going to tell you about the library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle… Read more