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Posts by venue: Great North Museum: Hancock
Singing Sands of the Northumberland Coast
Several years ago while cataloguing material in the Hancock Museum rock collection I came across some packets of sand. They didn’t contain a great deal of information apart from the localities that the sand had been collected from – the… Read more
The Charlton Brothers and the Hancock Museum – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson
My name is Ashleigh Jackson. I am a History undergraduate student at Edinburgh and this summer I completed a placement with the Natural History Society of Northumbria in their archives at the Great North Museum: Hancock, looking at the effect of the Great… Read more
John G. Watson and many, many coins. A Guest Post by Daniel Wood.
My name is Daniel Wood, I am currently studying an undergraduate History and Archaeology degree at Newcastle University. During the summer holidays I undertook an Archaeology-related fieldwork placement at the Great North Museum: Hancock in partnership with the Natural History… Read more
George W. Temperley and the bombardment of Scarborough in 1914 – A Guest Post by Ashleigh Jackson
My name is Ashleigh Jackson. I am a History undergraduate student from Edinburgh and I’m currently on a summer placement with the Natural History Society of Northumbria in their archives at the Great North Museum: Hancock. “This morning Scarborough was touched for… Read more
Rhythms of the Cosmos – A Guest Post by Dr Andrew Fletcher
The Great North Museum: Hancock has a small but perfectly formed planetarium on the first floor. The computer-controlled system allows us to fly through the Universe, in space and in time, choosing the best viewpoint from which to investigate all kinds… Read more