Posts by date: February 2012

Great North Museum Library – A different kind of book

If you come to the Great North Museum Library during March you’ll find some unusual books on the bookshelves. Artist Dawn Felicia Knox will be displaying works from her Nomen Nudum : Naked Name exhibition here in the library. The work,… Read more

Progress update from the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project

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Posted by Alan Hayward on February 22, 2012 Permalink Comments (2)

I’m delighted to report that work is going very well on the Sunderland Shipbuilding archives project. Colin and I have nearly finished cataloguing the very extensive records of Bartram & Sons Ltd and hope to make the completed catalogue available… Read more

Photographic collection gets its own room in the Archive Stores

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Posted by Mel Whewell on February 14, 2012 Permalink Leave a comment

A recent move of material over to the Northern Region Film & Television Archive at Teesside University www.nrfta.org.uk meant that a small room became vacant in the archive stores at Discovery Museum. The Archivists and the Conservation Officers agreed that this… Read more

Kith and Kin: New Glass and Ceramics Stage 2 – The ‘Crinson Jug’

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Posted by Christopher McHugh on February 9, 2012 Permalink Leave a comment

The second stage of Kith and Kin: New Glass and Ceramics began at the National Glass Centre on 9th January, where a number of the exhibitors changed or augmented their displays. Read more

Hidden History – LGBT Month

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Posted by Liz Rees on February 2, 2012 Permalink Comments (2)

In recent years there has been increasing interest in more personal versions of history such as gender and sexuality, but it’s often difficult to uncover evidence of private lives, particularly of ordinary people. In reviewing a recent addition to the… Read more