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Talking Tees Valley: Easter

Each month we will use objects from one of our museums in the Tees Valley to take a closer look at the lives and stories from people in our area.

This month, with Easter around the corner, we visit the Sweet Shop in Preston Park Museum to hear the story about James Fothergill Smith and the kinds of sweets that were made in his factory at Green Dragon Yard.

Talking Tees Valley: Victorian Medicine

Each month we will use objects from one of our museums in the Tees Valley to take a closer look at the lives and stories from people in our area.

This month we visit the Victorian Chemist in Preston Park Museum to see what kinds of illnesses they were treating and what they were selling over the counter.

Talking Tees Valley: Locomotion No 1

Each month we will use objects from one of our museums in the Tees Valley to take a closer look at the lives and stories from people in our area. This month we explore the extraordinary life of the steam engine, Locomotion No 1, on display at Head of Steam, Darlington Railway Museum.

Talking Tees Valley: Christmas

Each month we will use objects from one of our museums in the Tees Valley to take a closer look at the lives and stories from people in our area.

Christmas Draw Alongs with Liz Million

Hello everyone! I'm Liz Million, a local illustrator and author and friend of Tees Valley Museums! If you like creating Christmas cartoons as much as I do then watch out for three of my fab draw-along videos.
We follow Santa, Rudolph and that cheeky elf, Holly on an adventure around each museum. Find him surfing around Capt Cook's Christmas Islands, riding a camel like Gertrude Bell and even driving a steam engine over at Head of Steam! Grab your pencils and paper and click on the links!

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