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Posts by venue: Great North Museum: Hancock
TWAM Highlights 2018
As 2018 draws to a close we’ve taken a look back at our highlights in what has been an unforgettable year for our museums, galleries and archives. Which Way North The Great North Museum: Hancock hosted Which Way North as… Read more
The Singing Sands of Eigg by Sylvia Humphrey, Assistant Keeper of Geology, Great North Museum: Hancock
In July 2017, Tim Shaw of Newcastle University and I visited local beaches between Blyth and Whitley Bay and made some recordings of the local sand ‘singing’. Later that year, I travelled north from Newcastle to Arisaig on the west… Read more
A History of Shoes – by Oliver Cook, Communications Officer
The North-East has a long history of innovation – Robert Stephenson’s Rocket is a prime example, which has returned to Tyneside for the Great Exhibition of the North and is currently on display at Discovery Museum. A more modern example… Read more
Kathleen Drew-Baker: Mother of the Sea
As part of this summer’s Great Exhibition of the North, the Great North Museum is hosting a museum-wide takeover featuring 250 loans from across the UK. The temporary exhibition, called Which Way North, shines a light on Northern art, design… Read more
Was the North East the catalyst for the English Civil War? – A guest post by Volunteer Kate Buckley
My name is Kate Buckley and I am a volunteer in the Great North Museum: Hancock Library. As a final year History student at Newcastle University it is probably unsurprising that I am interested in the English Civil War. However,… Read more