Posts by venue: Collections & Objects

Framing Icons: Hanging Old Masters

Art   Collections & Objects   Hatton Gallery
Posted by administrator on December 13, 2012     Permalink     Comments (3)

 “He’s slipped on the right”, I tell a patient Ray and Steve. Nimbly, blue-gloved hands raise the picture edge a fraction higher, straightening a two metre, grisaille Christ. It’s a Friday afternoon at the Hatton, and we are hanging ‘Framing Icons’,… Read more

Model Visitors

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Local History   Maritime History
Posted by administrator on November 30, 2012     Permalink     Comments (7)

I met a lovely couple the other week.  They’d phoned to make an appointment and then travelled up from Down South especially to see one of our ship models, the ss Newton Ash.  We have over 600 ship models in our collection… Read more

A new find at Arbeia Roman Fort

Arbeia South Shields' Roman Fort   Archaeology   Collections & Objects
Posted by administrator on November 20, 2012     Permalink     Comments (2)

A team of volunteers who worked with the Archaeology team at Arbeia Roman Fort recently uncovered a new Roman find. Alex Croom, Keeper of Archaeology at Arbeia, tells us more about it in this short film. (Click on the image to… Read more

‘Pre-Raphaelite truth to nature’ – a watercolour by John Frederick Lewis

Art   Collections & Objects   Exhibitions   Laing Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on November 16, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

Surrounded by tell-tale feathers, this little cat raises a paw, ready to strike again. Its prey is actually a peacock-feather fan, which a young woman is dangling teasingly above its head. Both the cat and its owner feature in an… Read more

Real or fake?

Archaeology   Collections & Objects
Posted by administrator on November 13, 2012     Permalink     Leave a comment

A while ago I came across this in the TWAM collections and a glance at the documentation doesn’t give many clues. It’s a slightly dubious looking Egyptian artefact with poorly engraved hieroglyphs on the back of each figure and a… Read more