Tales from the Archive: Something Fishy
January 25, 2017 8:13 pm Comments Off on Tales from the Archive: Something FishyThe library of John and Joséphine Bowes housed in the Museum’s archive is eclectic. Whilst it is made up largely
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Introducing The New ICON Painting Conservation Intern
January 21, 2017 5:57 pm Comments Off on Introducing The New ICON Painting Conservation InternHello, my name is Tor Skaaland and I have found my way to Barnard Castle and to The Bowes Museum
Let the Celebrations Begin…
December 21, 2016 1:17 pm Comments Off on Let the Celebrations Begin…On the 7th December we held our first public event to help celebrate our latest acquisition ‘St Luke Drawing the
The Next Step…
December 12, 2016 10:58 pm Comments Off on The Next Step…Just over two years ago I was asked to write a blog introducing myself as one of two of The
(Cautionary) Tales from the Archive: The Perils of Document Interpretation
December 5, 2016 9:46 pm Comments Off on (Cautionary) Tales from the Archive: The Perils of Document InterpretationLast week, on the hunt for something festive to share from the collections, the Museum’s Digital Communications Officer, Alison, found a
The Unveiling of the Painting ‘St John the Baptist Before Execution’
December 2, 2016 5:02 pm Comments Off on The Unveiling of the Painting ‘St John the Baptist Before Execution’The start of a conservation journey An exciting artwork has been brought to the Paintings Conservation Studio for investigation. This
Dining [and smashing china] with the Bowes
November 24, 2016 2:26 pm Comments Off on Dining [and smashing china] with the BowesThe Bowes Museum is not meant to be, and never has been, a museum of the Bowes family. Despite the
Action! ‘Image and Substance’ coming soon at The Bowes Museum
November 11, 2016 4:02 pm Comments Off on Action! ‘Image and Substance’ coming soon at The Bowes MuseumWhat you might expect when curating a display is certainly not being involved in a film production. However, ‘Image and
Strong Roots: A Eulogy for a Tree
November 4, 2016 5:21 pm Comments Off on Strong Roots: A Eulogy for a TreeIn the opening lines of her history of the Museum (John & Joséphine: The Creation of the Bowes Museum), Caroline
Strange Coincidence
November 4, 2016 5:02 pm Comments Off on Strange CoincidenceAmongst the dazzling display of shoes in The Bowes Museum exhibition this summer was a collection once belonging to the
Tales from the Archive: A Right Royal Obsession
October 22, 2016 2:31 pm Comments Off on Tales from the Archive: A Right Royal ObsessionWhat might we expect a typical nineteenth-century French library to contain? There are authors of the period who are famous
A New Face in Conservation
October 21, 2016 9:00 am Comments Off on A New Face in ConservationYou might have seen me wandering about the Museum, my name is Kayleigh and I started in August as a
What Lies Beneath (The Embroidery): an epic 2-part textile conservation horror story… with a happy ending!
October 17, 2016 8:22 pm Comments Off on What Lies Beneath (The Embroidery): an epic 2-part textile conservation horror story… with a happy ending!Jamie Robinson: Some conservation projects take many months (or even years) to complete, involving a number of stages and a
‘Making Time for Shelf Life’
October 11, 2016 10:56 pm Comments Off on ‘Making Time for Shelf Life’Monday 10 October 2016 Having read the introduction to ‘Shelf Life: The Ornaments Are Talking To Me’ and seen some
An Introduction to Delftware & the Haarlem Plates
October 8, 2016 2:12 pm Comments Off on An Introduction to Delftware & the Haarlem PlatesDelftware originates from the Netherlands and is a form of tin-glazed ceramics. True Delftware comes from the small town of
