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Exciting new addition to the Vickers Armstrong collection
I’m pleased to report that the ‘Workshop of the World’ project to catalogue the records of Vickers Armstrong is progressing well. I’m continuing to work through the large quantity of unlisted material...
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Summer Hols and Sandy Beaches
Summer has come at last and with it some new student placements from Northumbria University Conservation Course. It’s great to have new people to work and exchange knowledge with. At the moment I have...
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First World War Stories: Honouring Jarrow’s War Heroes
I recently came across a fascinating document, which relates very nicely to the forthcoming exhibition at South Shields Museum ‘Home of Heroes’. The item is a poster listing all those recognised by the...
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Pearl Binder (Lady Elwyn-Jones), artist and much more
Following my last post on the A.I.A. Everyman Prints, here is a picture of print number 5 in the series Evacuation Scene 1939 by Pearl Binder: it depicts an emotional scene, presumably at a railway...
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A Brief History of Samplers – Part One
In recent months, myself and fellow volunteer Emma have been developing the digital records for Discovery Museum’s fan and sampler collections. In practice this has meant a lot of happy hours spent in...
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The Yemeni Riot in South Shields
I am a MA Art Museum and Gallery Studies student at Newcastle University, as part of my degree I am completing an eight week work placement at South Shields Museum. As part of my placement I have...
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A North-East Artist in the Trenches in World War 1
This view of soldiers in a trench on the Somme battlefront around Péronne was drawn by Victor Noble Rainbird, a local artist who fought with various battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers during...
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Arcs & Sparks: Discovery Museum’s Electrical History Store
In Discovery Museum’s basement, beneath the feet of our unsuspecting visitors, there are store rooms full of even more science and technology artefacts awaiting their time in the spotlight. My...
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