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Pottery workshop pics
To accompany the Prestoungrange Gothenburg’s exhibition of pottery, we recently held a ceramics workshop at one of our museums. Antipodean ceramicist Rosie Little led 15 children in a hands-on...
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Pottery workshop update
The second leg of our pottery workshop (see blog entry passim) took place on Saturday, and we’re happy to report that all of the pieces that went into the kiln came out in one piece, thanks to the...
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Big Draw 2007
Also on Saturday, we held our Big Draw 2007, in which artst Jacquelyn Rixon led families in creating their own masterpieces using vegetable juices made from local vegetables, and using vegetables such...
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If the caption fits…
I’ve thought on and off that it would be good to have something like an ‘object of the week’ on the site. But that’s a task I’ll delegate to someone else… before they all run and hide. Meanwhile, how...
View ArticleMy bags are packed
I’m leaving. After nearly fourteen years it’s surprisingly hard to write those words without a twinge of regret. Museums have been my passion and working in East Lothian has been the largest chunk of...
View ArticleBrilliant! or Letting it all hang out!
I know I risk sounding like an over excited teenager (and yes that was a little while ago) but you really really need to see our amazing new online database. So, once you have finished reading this,...
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Straight from the Museums Association Conference – Part 1
By Kate Maynard, Principal Museums Officer Museums Association Conference 2010 Currently crammed into a train on my way to the MA conference in Manchester, Sunday night, around teatime. I can’t help...
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By Kate Maynard, Principal Museums Officer Today started with sessions at the Pump House Museum and Manchester Art Gallery – both highly recommended visits. The Pump House is the People’s History...
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The MA Conference Continues – Part 3
By Kate Maynard, Principal Museums Officer From an inside forest to humans in cling film… Just another ordinary day in the life of a conference go-er. I began early with a look around the Whitworth -...
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Some highlights of 2014 summer season
The big event of our year at the John Gray Centre is Family History Day, and this year we visited lots of primary schools beforehand to tell them all about the children’s activities we devised...
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