The cauld lad, a boar and the Lambton worm as shadows hovering over the shadow of a soldier with a sword. The shadow is attached to a small boy standing in a doorway.
Only one week left to see ‘Beasts and Legends: Adventures through North East Folklore’ - a great way to get ready for the spooky season! #BeastsandLegends #DUCollections
On the left hand side is a character in black armour with short hair and waving and smiling. In the middle is the title Show and Tell: Stories that Connect Us. On the other side is another drawn character in a red theatre robe, holding flags and waving and smiling.
Unable to visit us? You can still visit our free online exhibition Show and Tell: Stories That Connect Us and be guided by John and Mei as they share stories together. You can also listen to our free audio guide on our website. stories.durham.ac.uk/show-and-tell
#TellingTales #BeastsandLegends
Colour photograph of a person looking through a peephole into an exhibition case with the title 'Ghosts and Ghouls'.
Drop in to the Palace Green Library for an adventure this week! ‘Beasts and Legends: Adventures through North East Folklore’ is open all summer!
#BeastsandLegends #studentexhibition #DUCollections
Want to experience more stories? Check out our accompanying online exhibition, Show and Tell: Stories that Connect Us, a collaboration between Telling Tales at the Oriental Museum and Beasts and Legends at Palace Green Library. stories.durham.ac.uk/show-and-tell #TellingTales #BeastsandLegends
Front face of a sandstone altar. There is an inscription in latin
Don’t miss any of the amazing objects on display! Come check out a real Roman Altar made to honour fallen soldiers. If you look closely, you can see the wild boar.
Come see this object and many others at Palace Green Library.
#beastsandlegends #DUcollections #adventure #exhibition
12 cartoon faces with accompanying names under the title ‘meet the team’ .
Meet the team!
The MA Musuem and Artefact Studies students are hard at work behind the scenes, preparing to install their upcoming exhibition ‘Beasts and Legends: Adventures through North East folklore’.
The adventure begins 14 June at Palace Green Library. #beastsandlegends #studentexhibition
A ghostly lad, a boar and the Lambton worm as shadows hovering over the shadow of a soldier with a sword. The shadow is attached to a small boy standing in a doorway.
Produced by the MA Museum and Artefact students, a new exhibition will be opening on June 14th in Palace Green Library.
Stop in to learn more about folklore from historic County Durham as told through famous stories like the Lambton Wyrm!
#beastsandlegends #studentexhibition
