This February, after being quickly thrown
into the deep end of a new position, I helped put on Newcastle upon Tyne’s Society
of Antiquaries 200th anniversary exhibition. Tales of Antiquarian Adventure displays the collections of the
Society over 200 years and highlights their commitment to preserving the
cultural heritage of Northumberland and the surrounding areas. Specifically,
they helped save Hadrian’s Wall.
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| Artist Dawn Knox installing her work for the exhibition |
Working for the Great North Museum has
definitely been an experience in hands on work and I’ve actually seen an
exhibition being built from scratch now. Although I do think I prefer to be the
big champion who turns up in the end and gets all the credit, actually
installing an exhibition was fun.
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| Before |
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| After |
The exhibition is definitely family
friendly and has a few really cool objects, such as a cow bone model of a
guillotine made by prisoners, and a giant man trap. That’s right…Man trap!
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| Guillotine |
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| Man trap, in the grass on the right |
The ‘Adventures Around the World’ section
includes some very beautiful Chimu pots from Peru, and an Egyptian mummified
hand. It’s pretty gruesome, but cool.
The exhibition is on until 30 April 2013.
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