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#behindthescenes Our volunteers and Collections team are working hard to build the new exhibition, Stories from the Stores. The exhibition opens THIS Saturday, 17 May. #Exhibition #Museum #Collection

#Makers The Museum Makers started their session listening to the poems they had created the previous week with local artist Andy Abbot. The Makers also looked at vintage objects from the 1970’s, this included a Polaroid vintage camera and the crowd pleasing Troll Doll.

#ThrowbackThursday Aerial view showing Scunthorpe Market and St John's Church, c.1980s. #Throwback #History #localhistory #Scunthorpe #Museum #LocalBuildings #Images #Photography #Images

#GAAD Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Our aim is to make the Museum as accessible as possible. We have a range of initiatives available to assist our visitors. northlincolnshiremuseum.co.uk/accessibility #Acessibility #AccessibilityMatters #Museum #Scunthorpe

We have a vacancy - Weekend Museum Assistant We are looking to recruit a friendly, approachable Museum / Gallery Assistant to help the team deliver a high quality visitor experience for all gallery / museum users. northlincs.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/38… #Vacancy #Job #Hiring

#Finds This object is a bow brooch from the early Roman period, dated to about AD50-150. It has lost a hinged pin. Found at Lea, Lincolnshire #Roman #Museum #Collection #Archaeology #LocalHistory #History

#Makers During today's session we focused on the topic of Cycle Song, which features in the Stories from the Stores exhibition. We spoke about different ways of recording stories, from community operas to artworks to diary entries. #Scunthorpe #Museum #WhatsOn #Thingstodo

#OnlineArtExchange This week's theme is sport, we don't have much sport in our art collection but what about this lovely sailing boat? It's the Sloop 'Hydro' of Goole by John Franks #Art #Artwork #Online #Sharing #Museum #Collection #Painting

#ThrowbackThursday Country lane, Messingham, thought to be the bottom of Park Street. #Messingham #Museum #Collection #Photography #ImageArchive #History #LocalHistory

#Finds This is a Roman copper alloy crossbow brooch – named for a shape like that of the medieval weapon, though the bow is also what we call the vertical part of the brooch. #Museum #Collection #Scunthorpe #Fenby #NorthLincs #Grimsby #Roman #Medieval #Brooch

#Makers Today's session was themed around Mabel Peacock's playscripts (which form part of the new Stories from the Stores exhibition). The group looked around the exhibition, then made finger puppets. #mabelpeacock #Folklore #Scunthorpe #Museum #Exhibition #History #LocalHistory

#ThrowbackThursday Photograph of Spring's Factory, Brigg, looking north along the old River Ancholme from County Bridge, November 1980. #Factory #Scunthorpe #Museum #History #LocalHistory #Brigg #NorthLincs

#OnlineArtExchange Today's theme is birds. This painting is Curlew by George Knight. #Collection #Art #Painting #Museum #Online #Sharing

This week is #museumsweek 7 Days, 7 themes Today's theme is Together in Motion so we are sharing this traction engine which feature sin our new Stories from the Stores exhibition. #MovementMW #Exhibition #Scunthorpe #Museum #Trains #Engine #Collection 🚊#Engine #Motion

#Finds The magic of metal. This object is a cast copper axe-head dated to the Early Bronze Age (2350-1600 BC). This was one of the earliest types of metal object made in Britain. #Collection #Museum #CopperAxe #BronzeAge #Metal #Neolithic #metaldetectorist

#MuseumsWeek Today's theme is Playing Together. Our Stories from the Stores exhibition features a programme from the Scunthorpe Memorial Hospital Annual Carnival of 1932. #GamesMW #Museum #Exhibition #Stores #Volunteers #Carnival #Scunthorpe #NorthLincs #events #activities

#Makers Really good session today with Artist Charlotte Ward. The group were adding clay tiles to a drawing of a mosaic. Charlotte is going to take the mosaic home to finish and glaze it. #Museum #Scunthorpe #WhatsOn #thingstodo #Ceramics #Artwork

#OnlineArtExchange This week's theme is landscapes. How beautiful does this lake look? Look closely for the swans 🦢 Warnham Lake, Sussex by Alfred East #Art #Painting #Artwork #Collection #Museum #Online #Sharing

#MuseumsWeek Today's theme is Living Together. We have recently added some information to our website about how we try and operate sustainably. northlincolnshiremuseum.co.uk/service/reduci… #TogethernessMW #worldenvironmentday #Museum #Scunthorpe #Environment #sustainability

#ThrowbackThursday Goxhill Coronation Parade, 23 June 1911 #Throwback #Photography #ImageArchive #Museum #Collection #Scunthorpe #NorthLincs #Goxhill