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12 Jun - 16 Oct 2010

This exhibition explores the history of one of the best known Shipbuilding companies in the UK. Swans of the Tyne brings together a range of photographs, technical drawings, film and video footage of Swan Hunter, as well as recorded memories of people who either worked at or were in some way connected to the shipyard.

The exhibition was inspired by both a recent oral history project called Memory Net: Swan Hunter, involving past workers of the shipyard and a project by the Archives (based at Discovery Museum) to catalogue the shipyard records.

The resulting exhibition is a celebration of the shipyard, which was not only a substantial employer in the region but also formed a celebrated landmark on the Tyne skyline.

These recordings are also shown on a dedicated Swan Hunter website which showcases photographs from ‘Swan Snappers’, a recording of the deconstruction of the yard before its closure in 2006 and also historical photographs from Derek Henderson, official photographer for Swan Hunter.