About Hannah

I’m Hannah, from the North West of England. I have had a passion for Scottish history for as long as I can remember and am always planning the next adventure. I studied History, Museums and Heritage at University and moved to Scotland after I graduated, working for the National Trust for Scotland. I then moved back home to Preston and worked at a Maritime Museum and local Museum in front of-house roles.

However, I knew my passion was for conservation and so I began to pursue a career within the sector. I found this traineeship, and it combined my passion for history whilst also having the opportunity to gain hands-on experience within a conservation role.

Read more about the Scottish Fisheries Museum and the opportunities available as part of the SHTP 2 project.

Latest blogs

UPDATE OCTOBER 2020 - October started with all of the trainees finally meeting up again in Bristol, it was great to see everyone again...Read more

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2020 - September started with more collections based work, accessioning new objects into the Museum collection and onto the database...Read more

UPDATE AUGUST 2020 - August was a great month as I was finally back the Scottish Fisheries Museum!...Read more

UPDATE JULY 2020 - I started July with a new online course titled ‘Learning from the past: a guide to the curious researcher’...Read more

UPDATE JUNE 2020 - Throughout this lockdown period I really wanted to use this time to further my knowledge of conservation and I have found many online resources that can help to develop this further...

UPDATE APRIL/MAY2020 - Overall, although I have not been able to be at the Museum I feel I am still developing my skills and knowledge through online resources and courses.

UPDATE MARCH 2020 - March has been a strange month so far, as restrictions have come into place from the government and the Museum took the decision to close...Read more

UPDATE FEBRUARY 2020 - February I began with focusing more on vessel Research which had previously sunk in Anstruther harbour and is badly damaged...Read more

UPDATE JANUARY 2020 - The first month of my traineeship at the Scottish Fisheries Museum went by so fast, and I have experienced so much in these past few weeks...Read more

UPDATED DECEMBER 2019 - From someone who had not even picked up a hammer to then feeling confident using power tools and machinery really brought me a lot of confidence and skills which I am looking forward to bringing to the Scottish Fisheries Museum...Read more

UPDATED NOVEMBER 2019 - The first part of the course started with a classroom session covering timber technology, and all the different timbers used in boatbuilding and their properties...Read more

UPDATED - OCTOBER 2019 - The induction was at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard which was the perfect setting for the start of the traineeship. I had a chance to look around the boatyard - and to see people working on historic boats was an inspiration...Read more
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