Off on Safari…A Moth Safari – Lee Clark
Under the warming sun of a balmy summer morning we’re on safari, on a wondrous hunt for something not seen around these parts…ever
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To Pastures New: My New Role at York Museums Trust – Rachel Wade
This is my third week in my new role as Communications Assistant, and I am really enjoying it!
YMT Supporting Museums Across the Region – Alan Bentley
Colne Valley Museum is a wholly volunteer run museum of the textile industry based in Golcar, a village on the outskirts of Huddersfield.
Fine Art v Design in Victorian York – Simon Spier
Since September last year I have been occupied with a project for York Art Gallery researching the nineteenth century history of the York School of Art.
Opulent embellishment: Bernardo Daddi’s St. Zenobius- Eloise Donnelly
In 1937 F.D.Lycett Green bought a picture from an art dealer in London to hang in his home in Kent.
Conservation of Two Victorian Tile Panels on the Front Façade of York Art Gallery – Laura Turner
The cleaning of the front façade of the gallery has recently been completed and thanks to a generous grant from The Pilgrim Trust, we have also been able to conserve and protect the two historic tile panels on the front façade.
New Spaces-York Art Gallery Project an Update – Lorna Sergeant
After a very damp May work has progressed with increasing speed at York Art Gallery.
Linked by Design: Textile collections of York Castle Museum and the Board of Trade Design Register , The National Archives – Dick Turpin and Heroism at Sea – Mary M Brooks
Dr Kirk, the founder of York Castle Museum, collected colourful woven silk pictures showing Christmas scenes, portraits of notorious figures, such as the highwayman Dick Turpin, and famous buildings like York Minster.
Ask the Expert Q&A 25 July – Naomi Korn, Copyright Consultant
Naomi Korn Copyright Consultant, will be answering your questions on Copyright on Friday 25 July 2014 between 3-4pm BST.
Linked by Design: Textile collections of York Castle Museum and the Board of Trade Design Register, The National Archives – New Discoveries! – Mary Brooks
The next stage in searching for links between objects in York Castle Museum’s collection and evidence in the Board of Trade Representations and Registers of Designs 1839-1991, known widely as the BT Design Register, took me to The National Archives (TNA) in Kew Gardens, London.
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