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About Mel Whewell

Mel Whewell
Principal Officer: Collections Management

My colleagues and I are responsible for managing TWAM's museum and archives collections. These objects and documents are either on display or in store in our 12 venues.

In this blog I tell people about our work - much of which often goes on...behind the scenes at the museum!

Settle Down Cafe hosts Archives Exhibition

Collections Management   Discovery Museum   Exhibitions   Local History   New Media   Social History   The Archives
Posted by Mel Whewell on March 13, 2012     Permalink     Comments (1)

We’ve installed one of our exhibitions at The Settle Down Cafe in Newcastle. It’s called, “Out of One Eye: the photography of Jimmy Forsyth” Why not pop along and have a look…? Let me know what you think. Jimmy Forsyth… Read more

Photographic collection gets its own room in the Archive Stores

Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Local History   Social History   The Archives
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

A New Look at Some Old Friends

Art   Hatton Gallery   Local History
Posted by Mel Whewell 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

Question : How much does it cost to burn a witch? Answer : £15 19s 2d

Books   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   Local History   The Archives
Posted by Mel Whewell on August 26, 2011     Permalink     Comments (2)

We know this because in the Archives are stored the Newcastle Chamberlains’ accounts for the years 1508 until 1835.   The entry we looked at read…”bill of charges for the wiches for 2 weekes ending the 23th (sic) of August 1650 and other… Read more

Songs of the Sea – preparing a print for loan

Art   Collections & Objects   Collections Management   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by Mel Whewell on August 12, 2011     Permalink     Comments (2)

Here’s a picture of two of our conservators, Christina and Matt, working on a print from the collection at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery. The print is now out on loan to the National Glass Centre in Sunderland. For more info… Read more