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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

Great North Museum: Hancock Library – The journals of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne

Archaeology   Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Natural Sciences
Posted by administrator on July 1, 2011     Permalink     Comments (2)

By Joan Williams (Library volunteer) Since I retired from my library job last summer, I have been doing voluntary work one day a week in the Library of the Great North Museum: Hancock. Over the last few months I have… Read more

Great North Museum: Hancock – New books in the Library

Archaeology   Books   Great North Museum: Hancock   Local History   Natural Sciences
Posted by administrator on April 19, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

In previous library blogs the focus has been on the older books and archives in the collections. However, all three library collections have current material and are acquiring new books regularly. So in this blog I thought I’d take a… Read more