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The Archives Service was established in 1974 by Tyne and Wear County Council, drawing in the collections of the former Newcastle Archives Office, which closed. On the abolition of the county council in the local government reorganisation of 1986 Tyne and Wear Archives Service became a joint service of the five metropolitan districts, managed by Gateshead Council.
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM) is a regional group of United Kingdom national museums and the county archives service located across the Tyne and Wear area of north-east England. They have been administered by a joint board of local authorities since the abolition of the Tyne and Wear Metropolitan County Council in 1986.
The printer Thomas Slack worked with Thompson at the Newcastle Journal throughout the 1750s. However, the two men fell out, and in 1764 Slack attempted his own weekly newspaper, the Newcastle Chronicle, in competition with the Newcastle Journal. [7] In 1773 the Newcastle Journal claimed circulation over an area with a 600-mile circumference. [3]
The Discovery Museum is a science museum and local history museum situated in Blandford Square in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It displays many exhibits of local history, including the ship, Turbinia. It is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. [1]
The Newcastle Journal can refer to two newspapers published in Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle Journal (1739–1788) , an 18th-century weekly The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper) , a weekly founded in 1832 as the Newcastle Journal
It is an 'emerging archive' member institution of the UK Film Archive Forum. In July 2012, NEFA merged with the Yorkshire Film Archive (YFA). The combined collection currently contains over 50,000 titles – 17,000 held by YFA, and 33,000 held by NEFA – ranging from films of the late 1890s, to recent footage of changing landscapes and life ...
It leases them to Newcastle University, on whose behalf they are administered by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. It possesses a substantial natural history library and archive and maintains the Gosforth Nature Reserve, one of the oldest designated nature reserves in North East England. It also carries out research and provides talks, field ...
The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne (or the Lit & Phil as it is popularly known) is a historical library in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and the largest independent library outside London. [1] [2] The library is still available for both lending (to members) and as a free reference library. The society is a registered ...