Posts by venue: South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

An explosive flower show

Towards the end of August a member of the public dropped some items off at the reception desk in South Shields Museum & Art Gallery. The individual preferred not to leave a name or contact details, but the items were… Read more

Lets cross that bridge when we come to it

Our new exhibition opened on Saturday 15 October entitled ‘Crossing the Tyne’. It was all a bit touch-and-go for a while, as at first I thought we didn’t have enough items to exhibit; however, by the end of the week… Read more

Trick or Treat?

With Halloween fast approaching, I got to thinking about what we have in the collections at South Shields Museum to represent this spooky time of year! I’ve recently been scanning a large collection of 35mm slides, taken by Ronald Sanderson… Read more

A grim death for a most heinous crime…

The other week I participated in a ghost walk around Newcastle city centre and although I’m not a believer in the supernatural by any means, I was intrigued by this region’s gruesome history and wasn’t disappointed. As Exhibitions Officer at… Read more

David Horsefield

We’re fast approaching our annual volunteer awards in November of this year. David won an award for his Outstanding Contribution to Customer Care last year after volunteering with us for over 8 years across all of our venues. I asked David, a… Read more