Meet Kezia Cosson #BowesStaff
Hi, I’m Kezia Cosson one of the new textile conservation interns at The Bowes Museum. Before this internship I studied
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3 Mar 2020
Meet Charlotte Cameron #BowesStaff
My name is Charlotte Cameron and I am one of the new ICON HLF textile conservation interns at the Bowes
The #frow in the past
Today, if we want to know the latest fashion trends we just buy a fashion magazine, follow brands on social
The dream starts to take shape…
Exactly 150 years ago, The Bowes Museum started to take shape. The wall around the park was the first thing
Exciting times 150 years ago…
Wrapped up against the Teesdale autumn weather, a delicate French woman holds an ornate ivory handled silver trowel and moves
Monsieur Mazzioli’s floors
Possibly, like me, you may have visited the first floor galleries of the Museum many times and paid little attention
Hockney and Hollywood
Late one afternoon earlier in the year my office received a phone call out of the blue from a gentleman
Shoes, glorious shoes
My recent visit to the Conservation Studios at The Bowes Museum introduced me to an enchanting pair of early 18th
Nottingham Alabaster
Nottingham Alabaster is the name given to English medieval carvings which are small and of a religious theme. The Bowes
Medicine for those Peaky Blinders blues
You can’t be a Peaky Blinders fan and not already have fallen in love with the fashion. From the iconic
Laurie Endean, Textile Conservation Intern
I’ve been at The Bowes Museum almost a full year and as with the nature of a 12 month internship,
Elizabeth Conran, Birthday Celebrations
Elizabeth Conran was the Curator of The Bowes Museum from 1979 until 2000 when she retired after successfully steering the
Tea, Mrs Bowes?
Afternoon tea is today one of the most quintessentially British things that you can do. But how old is this
Clobbered
The terms ‘clobbered’ and ‘ceramics’ do not sit very well together, given the ‘natural’ tendency of ceramics to break and
One Crazy Day in May
In May the Marketing team, Alison White, Media and PR Officer, Leo Rotaru, Marketing Assistant and myself, took a day
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