Blog
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The Elusive Lady’s–Slipper Orchid
This week’s new blog has been written by our Natural Sciences Curator, Dr Gerard McGowan He writes: A recent enquiry about our collections brought to mind a rare and ‘infamous’… read more about The Elusive Lady’s–Slipper Orchid
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Alke Schmidt: Wonder and Dread
Sonja Kielty, our exhibitions curator agreed to write a blog post for us to give an insight in the process that lead to the recently opened Alke Schmidt: Wonder &… read more about Alke Schmidt: Wonder and Dread
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Celebrating Christmas at Cliffe Castle & Cliffe Castle Park
If you’ve visited Cliffe Castle and its park recently, you can hardly fail to have noticed there’s been an awful lot happening in the park. If you’ve not yet come… read more about Celebrating Christmas at Cliffe Castle & Cliffe Castle Park
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Explore Cliffe Castle with 21st Century Technology
We asked our new Community Engagements and Events intern, Lucy to write this blog, and give you an insight into what she’s currently involved with…. She writes: Hello, I’m the… read more about Explore Cliffe Castle with 21st Century Technology
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LGBTQ+ symposium at Cartwright Hall
Jill, our Curator of Fine Arts agreed to write a post for us discussing the LGBTQ+ symposium we put on last month. She writes Last month we invited anyone… read more about LGBTQ+ symposium at Cartwright Hall
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Front of House: Cartwright Hall
A new Museum Assistant, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, shares her first impressions of the Gallery as she starts as a full time member of staff. Like many people I struggled… read more about Front of House: Cartwright Hall
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Butterfields & Cliffe Castle
You’ll be used to seeing my name pop on these posts – I post the entries, but it’s not always me that writes the content. However, this week’s blog is focusing… read more about Butterfields & Cliffe Castle
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#Askacuratorday 2017
For the past few years, our curatorial team has participated in the annual & international #Askacuratorday on Twitter. Always good fun, it allows us to advocate to the world what… read more about #Askacuratorday 2017
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Music at the Museum: Cliffe Castle
Tony Carruthers is one of our Visitor Service Assistants at Cliffe Castle, and agreed to write a blog talking about his involvement the ‘Music at the Museum’ events we run there…. read more about Music at the Museum: Cliffe Castle
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Helen Thornton – Cartwright Hall
In our blog series, we aim to give an insight into the many different aspects of the Museum and Galleries service. It might be a curator talking about a collection,… read more about Helen Thornton – Cartwright Hall