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Real life doesn’t always sound as it should – by Kristina Holmberg
Unlocking Our Sound Heritage – from a placement student’s point of view “Real life doesn’t a...
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Hunting the Caribou – by Jo Anderson, Assistant Keeper of Archaeology
For many of the First Nations living in the north of Canada, caribou was an important food source. ...
From the Lab to the Galleries – My Great North Museum: Hancock internship. A guest blog by Amy Tooke
My name is Amy Tooke and I’m a PhD student at the University of Sheffield, researching the bacteri...
Live Well & Bowes Railway Museum – by Ruth Sheldon, Assistant Outreach Officer (Live Well)
‘Live Well’ is a three-year partnership (2016-2019) between Tyne & Wear Archives & Museu...
A History of the North in 100 Objects
Explore the stories behind Northern innovation through this award-winning project
