Posts by venue: Collections & Objects

Adam, Lou and the Magnificent UV Ray Machine

Here’s a picture of Lou, one of TWAM’s Conservators. She’s currently busy preparing objects for an exhibition which will celebrate 150 years of South Shields Museum and Art Gallery. Adam the exhibition curator selected the UV Ray machine (TWM : 2010.3227) because… Read more

Discover Fashion (and fabulous dresses!)

I’ve just finished working on a redisplay of one of the cases in the Fashion Works gallery at Discovery Museum. It showcases the work of students, past and present, from Northumbria University fashion courses. We really wanted to use a… Read more

Altar your Preconceptions

I have worked at Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum for nearly four years now and I’ve only just been on a full tour of the site! I know I should be ashamed of myself and I am! But I’m glad… Read more

A look at the dodo

The collections held in the Great North Museum Resource Centre contain an intruiging little cardboard box labelled ‘Dodo bones’. I’ve recently had a request from a researcher to look at these bones and it’s given me a rare oportunity to… Read more

Tynemouth Lifeboat Station

One of the current tasks of the Documentation team is to work through a collection of old maritime glass negatives. We scan the negatives and create computer records about each one. These are two images we find really interesting, capturing… Read more