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Helen Shepherd
- Oct 8, 2021
- 4 min
Hold your horses!
When we reopened in May this year, we were proudly telling people NESM was like a new museum - so much work had been done while we were...
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Emma-leigh Crawshaw
- Oct 1, 2021
- 8 min
The landlubbers' guide to the sea
Did you know that Great Britain has a coastline longer than many other similar-sized countries? This is because our coastline is very...
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Holly Roberts
- Sep 24, 2021
- 6 min
The scandal of Sarah Stout
To close NESM's season of police, criminology and forensic talks and workshops we have the wise Dr Peter Moore joining us in November for...
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Matthew Wakefield
- Sep 17, 2021
- 5 min
When the past meets the future
There’s lots of reasons why we love being on the road with the collection. Whether it’s living up to our national museum name by making...
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Helen Shepherd
- Sep 10, 2021
- 7 min
Back to school
Yesterday, on National Emergency Services Day, we officially launched our new learning and discovery programme for schools. In our last...
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Helen Shepherd
- Sep 3, 2021
- 6 min
Hot off the press (almost!)
Working at NESM is finally paying off! And I only had to wait three years… I’m kidding, of course - being part of team NESM has always...
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Patrick Coleman
- Aug 27, 2021
- 8 min
Guarding the Emerald Isle: the story of Irish policing
It’s a well-known fact - especially here at NESM - that the first modern police force in Britain was established by Sir Robert Peel, the...
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Helen Shepherd
- Aug 20, 2021
- 4 min
Every object tells a story
If you're a regular reader of our blog, you will know that our collections team are currently busy sorting and cataloguing the amazing...
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Matthew Wakefield
- Aug 13, 2021
- 3 min
Back to it! NESM collections centre and historic vehicle collection.
It’s baby steps now as we return to ‘normal’. Picking up where we left off a year ago is not easy, especially given how abrupt lockdown...
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NESM
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
We're all going on a summer holiday
The summer holidays are in full swing and this year plenty of people seem to be enjoying a staycation. Even with a heatwave to start off...
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Emma-leigh Crawshaw
- Jul 30, 2021
- 4 min
Ship shape and Bristol fashion!
Next year will mark the 200th anniversary of the UK Coastguard and to celebrate, NESM is working on a new exhibition due to open in...
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Patrick Coleman
- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Gods, saints and guardian angels: the divine protectors of the emergency services
Those who work for the emergency services are often said to be “a bit like guardian angels”; sometimes they are all that stand between...
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pwatson96
- Jul 16, 2021
- 6 min
A shot in the arm
Now that we're open again, much of the museum has been updated and refreshed and our loan boxes - a sort of travelling lesson in a box -...
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Matthew Wakefield
- Jul 9, 2021
- 5 min
What a journey!
Earlier this week, on Monday 5 July, we marked the 73rd birthday of the NHS. If we didn't know it before, the last 18 months has...
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Helen Shepherd
- Jul 2, 2021
- 4 min
From the Ripper to the RNLI
It's been a busy few weeks at the museum as we've started to get back to something like 'normality' - or as close to it as we can under...
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Helen Shepherd
- Jun 25, 2021
- 4 min
When smaller is mightier!
Being an independent, self-funded museum brings with it lots of challenges, from the financial to the logistical. The number of ideas...
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Helen Shepherd
- Jun 18, 2021
- 4 min
Feeling the love!
It’s now almost a month since we opened our doors to visitors again and what a few weeks it’s been! We were lucky enough to welcome a...
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pwatson96
- Jun 11, 2021
- 4 min
When is a toy not a toy?
There was a time when Dinky toys and tin soldiers were found in the bedrooms and toy boxes of millions of youngsters throughout the...
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Emma-leigh Crawshaw
- Jun 4, 2021
- 6 min
Time and punishment: the Victorian view
The Victorians were an industrious lot. They were always reforming things and they were keen, in particular, to leave behind the...
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