Ralph Hutchinson’s War
Ralph Hutchinson was born in 1891 at Low Beckhead, Ettersgill, Forest in Teesdale. He was the youngest son of John
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1 Mar 2019
The love story of Alice Sevier and Roy Helmer
Alice Sevier was born in the beautiful city of St Petersburg in the late 1800s. Although Russian citizens, Alice and
Catwalking: The exhibition that keeps on giving! By Cecilia Voss, Textile Conservator #BowesStaff
Catwalking is up and proving popular but our work is not complete. The more popular it is the more work
My time as The Bowes Centre Intern #BowesStaff
Hello! My name is Faryal Arif and I interned at The Bowes Center in the summer of 2018. I am
The resurrection of a tired Friar
The conservation of the Spanish portrait of Fray José Sigüenza
Joséphine: The Woman of Fashion
The Bowes Museum continues its 125th anniversary celebrations with a new display focusing on Joséphine Bowes’ interest in fashion. This
Michael Eden: Wedgwood and Wouldn’t
Having been invited to exhibit my work at The Bowes Museum, I was excited but somewhat daunted by the thought
Garrick in the Garrick
Carmen Holdsworth-Delgado, is Curator for the Garrick Club. In 2011 the Club, acquired two paintings by Johann Zoffany of David
The Emperor and the Everyman: Looking at Napoleon from a Different Perspective
Among the many Napoleonic objects collected by John and Joséphine Bowes is a charcoal and pencil sketch, simply titled Soldier
Rebuilding the First French Empire
With the Bouts acquisition safely moved and on display, the past two weeks here at the Museum have been spent
SHELF LIFE: The Ornaments Are Talking To Me, Clarke’s Cabinets of Time Lost
‘Mark Clarke is a master of the language of things’ Xa Sturgis, Director of The Ashmoleon Museum, Oxford. If you
‘Shelf Life: The Ornaments are Talking to Me’ Another Dimension
The current exhibition ‘Shelf Life: The Ornaments are Talking to Me’ has particular relevance to those suffering from Dementia as
The Next Step…
Just over two years ago I was asked to write a blog introducing myself as one of two of The
Dining [and smashing china] with the Bowes
The 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
What you might expect when curating a display is certainly not being involved in a film production. However, ‘Image and
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