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October Conversation Wall: World Smile Day

5 Oct 2023

Guest blog: Fashionable and sustainable

11 Sep 2023

September Conversation Wall: Autumn

7 Sep 2023

A Double Painting by Lito Angelaki, Conservation Intern

During my year as the HLF & ICON paintings conservation intern I was fortunate enough to work on a variety

9 Nov 2018

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

26 Sep 2018

Going Once, Going Twice: 20th Century Fashion on Loan to Tennants Auctioneers.

Following the decant of our permanent display of fashion and textiles, to make way for Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, we set

13 Jul 2016

Bowes Museum disappointment and delight exhibition visit

Interesting blog by Ruth about her disappointment and delight in our current exhibitions ‘Hockney: Printmaker’ and ‘Shafts of Light’. Why

7 Sep 2014

A Beautiful Ruin

I’ve been trying to find out about an old armchair in our stores. It appears to be a genuine 17th

8 May 2012

Mystery Victorian Bookcase

Going up to the Durham Record Office next week to see if we can find any more information about our

1 Mar 2012

Researching Sèvres Porcelain

The porcelain factory at Sèvres outside Paris has a prestige that is almost unparalleled amongst collectors and decorative arts institutions,

7 Feb 2012

‘Material Remains’ – Worn, Mended, Patched & Darned

Gloved up, the curator carefully removes the layers of rustling white tissue paper from two mid 18th C. corsets in

1 Feb 2012

Beads Glorious Beads

Participants of the Museum’s Ancient Artisans – Beads and Burials workshop had an exciting day on Tuesday 1 March. After

4 Mar 2011

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