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See our 'What's On' page for the latest exhibitions, activities and events.
Middlesbrough Museum Service (mima, Captain Cook Birthplace Museum Cook and The Dorman Museum) has been selected to take part in museumaker, a prestigious, national project involving 16 museums across the country.
museumaker is an ambitious partnership between makers, museums, and visitors. Outstanding contemporary makers have been chosen to create exceptional new commissions for each partner museum in response to its site and heritage collections. Three artists have been invited to unite the three museum’s collections and the popular enthusiasm for jewellery design in Middlesbrough.
A series of talks and workshops are taking place this spring to find and engage participants to work with three internationally renowned jewellery artists, Ted Noten, Lin Cheung & Laura Potter. Participants will be presented with the opportunity to commission an item of jewellery for both themselves and their museum.
Wednesday 2nd June, 10am - 2pm, mima garden
Thursday 17 June 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Talk by British Museum Curator Natasha McKinney
Natasha McKinney Curator, Oceania at the British Museum with give a talk about Jewellery that Middlesbroughs famous son, Captian Cook would have encounted and bought back from his infamous travells.
Natasha McKinney is trained in anthropology and museum studies. Her recent projects have included an examination of the way in which cultural meaning can be sustained in the museum context, with a focus on taonga (cultural treasures) from the museum’s Maori collections.
Booking required, call mima reception on 01642 726 720.
museumaker is supported by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Renaissance and Arts Council England. www.museumaker.com
See 'Collections' and 'Niu Treasures of the Pacific' for information on our new outdoor sculpture and exhibit.
TFM's Graham Mack gets a traditional Maori welcome to the Museum from George Nuku.
The Museum welcomed nearly 3000 visitors during the half-term break, 649 on Thursday when TFM's Graham Mack came in his attempt to break a world record handshake of 100,000 hands in the year. Visitors also met tattooed Maori George Nuku who helped them to create Maori designs and artwork.
George Nuku as Captain James Cook with "Aheuri" of Billingham Kids' Club
Billingham Kids' Club Maori song and dance group "Aheuri" worked with tattooed Maori artist George Nuku to create a colourful backdrop that they can use in future performances. The backdrop features a meeting house decorated in lively traditional Maori designs. In 2007-8 the Club won a HLF 'Awards for All' grant to allow them to work with visiting Maori artists to the Museum and to visit the British Museum, London, in August 2007 where they rehearsed and performed with Maori performance group 'Manaia'.
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A teacher's pack has been produced by the education staff at the museum with the help of local teachers. The pack includes information, worksheets and activity trails. The pack is available from the museum shop priced at £3.50 or £5.00 mail order.
Workshop themes for school groups have been introduced as well as a menu of charges for tours and workshops. Please see the 'schools' section for further details.
The Hub supports a documentation assistant who continues to work on the digitisation of the 18th century collections and cataloguing of Cook ephemera. There are now over 4,500 recorded items on the collections database, probably the largest collection of Cook and related subject reference material outside national institutions. All material is available to researchers and students by prior arrangement.
Nana Tom's Cafe successfully completed its first year of trading and over 13-15th February 2008 celebrated its first birthday with a promotional offer for regular and new customers old and new. Refurbished and recently awarded four stars by the Tees Valley Award Scheme for food hygiene, the Cafe has spectacular views of the park and a lounge area, providing an ideal meeting place. For bookings and further information t.07950 956810
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