Posts by date: October 2011

Lets cross that bridge when we come to it

Our new exhibition opened on Saturday 15 October entitled ‘Crossing the Tyne’. It was all a bit touch-and-go for a while, as at first I thought we didn’t have enough items to exhibit; however, by the end of the week… Read more

Trick or Treat?

Collections & Objects Local History Social History South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by Adam Bell on October 26, 2011 Permalink Leave a comment

With Halloween fast approaching, I got to thinking about what we have in the collections at South Shields Museum to represent this spooky time of year! I’ve recently been scanning a large collection of 35mm slides, taken by Ronald Sanderson… Read more

Recent developments on the ‘We Mak’em’ Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project

Collections & Objects Discovery Museum Local History Maritime History Social History The Archives
Posted by Alan Hayward on October 24, 2011 Permalink Comments (2)

It’s been an exciting past month on the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. For one thing I now have a ‘glamorous’ assistant, Colin Boyd, who will be working part-time with me for the next year. Colin has worked in the shipbuilding… Read more

The wagons out in the open for the last time before the Wagon Shed Opens on 22 October….

Collections Management Local History Monkwearmouth Station Museum Technology
Posted by Martin Routledge on October 20, 2011 Permalink Leave a comment

The fit out company came on site on Monday 17th October to install the displays and interactives. In order to protect the platform edge next to the Goods Brake Van so that people can get right up to it and… Read more