Posts by venue: South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Fashion for the uninitiated

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

Festive fun

Education Exhibitions South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by Gill Scott on November 24, 2011 Permalink Leave a comment

Our Christmas tree was delivered today and the staff are festively decking our (museum) halls with boughs of holly. I don’t know where this year went, frankly… Recently my mind has turned to our Christmas event on the 10 December,… Read more

The Winners! The Renaissance North East Volunteers Awards 2011

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Posted by Lauren Prince on November 21, 2011 Permalink Leave a comment

We celebrated our volunteers and staff who support volunteers in style at the Renaissance North East Volunteers Awards 2011 last weekend, at the Great North Museum:Hancock. The standard of nominations were exceptionally high this year and the judges had some very… Read more

An explosive flower show

Collections & Objects Local History Social History South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by Adam Bell on November 7, 2011 Permalink Comments (4)

Towards the end of August a member of the public dropped some items off at the reception desk in South Shields Museum & Art Gallery. The individual preferred not to leave a name or contact details, but the items were… Read more