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Remember, remember...
Remember, remember the 5th of November Gunpowder, treason and plot I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. This is a...
Helen Shepherd
Nov 5, 20215 min read
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Face to face with heroes
Our new World War I exhibition, For King and Country, is taking shape and we can't wait to open it to the public on Friday 12 November...
Helen Shepherd
Oct 29, 20216 min read
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Networking… a good old chin wag
Networking - or, in other words, having a good old catch up! - is vital for us all. Whether it’s with our family at the weekend or...
Matthew Wakefield
Oct 22, 20215 min read
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A bit of a busman's holiday...
What does someone who works at a police, fire and ambulance museum do in their spare time? Well, go and visit another police museum of...
NESM
Oct 15, 20214 min read
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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...
Helen Shepherd
Oct 8, 20214 min read
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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...
Emma-leigh Crawshaw
Oct 1, 20218 min read
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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...

Holly Roberts
Sep 24, 20216 min read
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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...
Matthew Wakefield
Sep 17, 20215 min read
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Back to school
Yesterday, on National Emergency Services Day, we officially launched our new learning and discovery programme for schools. In our last...
Helen Shepherd
Sep 10, 20217 min read
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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...
Helen Shepherd
Sep 3, 20216 min read
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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...
Patrick Coleman
Aug 27, 20218 min read
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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...
Helen Shepherd
Aug 20, 20214 min read
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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...
Matthew Wakefield
Aug 13, 20213 min read
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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...
NESM
Aug 6, 20213 min read
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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...
Emma-leigh Crawshaw
Jul 30, 20214 min read
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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...
Patrick Coleman
Jul 23, 20215 min read
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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 -...
pwatson96
Jul 16, 20216 min read
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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...
Matthew Wakefield
Jul 9, 20215 min read
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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...
Helen Shepherd
Jul 2, 20214 min read
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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...
Helen Shepherd
Jun 25, 20214 min read
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