Posts by venue: South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Do we have plans of your house, school or place or work?

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Posted by Alan Hayward on May 23, 2013     Permalink     Leave a comment

Tyne & Wear Archives is jointly funded by the five metropolitan districts councils in Tyne & Wear. We hold a large quantity of local authority records including Council minute books, school records, public health records and coroners records. One of… Read more

Ralph Hedley at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Art   Collections & Objects   Local History   Shipley Art Gallery   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by John Millard on April 8, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

The exhibition of paintings and sketchbooks by Ralph Hedley is on at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, but there’s still more Hedley paintings on show elsewhere in the local area. I took a Metro to South Shields to see the… Read more

Christmas in February!

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Posted by Adam Bell on February 5, 2013     Permalink     Comments (2)

Depending on how you look at it, you could either say that Christmas has come two months late, or ten months early, at South Shields Museum! The reason: I’ve just opened a parcel from the USA and inside was a… Read more

Fashion for the uninitiated

Art   Collections & Objects   Design   Exhibitions   Fashion   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by Gill Scott on March 12, 2012     Permalink     Comments (1)

I have to say, I’m a bit like Ugly Betty when it comes to dressing myself and having knowledge of the fashion world, so creating a fashion-inspired exhibition was a learning curve for me. ‘When art became fashion: the story… Read more

Merry Christmas to all our readers!

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Posted by admin on December 20, 2011     Permalink     Leave a comment

All the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums bloggers would like to wish our readers a merry Christmas and happy new year! We will be taking a short break over the festive season but return in January with more new… Read more