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Arbeia Roman Fort

Arbeia Roman Fort

More than 1,500 years on, the remains at Arbeia represent the most extensively excavated example of a military supply base anywhere in the Roman Empire. Museum includes weapons, jewellery and tombstones…

Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum

Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum

Explore life on the Roman frontier as it was 1,800 years ago, at the most completely excavated fort on Hadrian’s Wall. See reconstructions of a section of the Wall together with an impressive Roman military bath house building…

Discovery Museum

Discovery Museum

Discover all about life in Newcastle and Tyneside, from the area’s renowned maritime history and world-changing science and technology right through to fashion through the eras and military history. The museum is bursting with interactive displays, which makes it the perfect place to learn and…

Great North Museum

Great North Museum

The Great North Museum incorporates collections from the Hancock Museum and Newcastle University’s Museum of Antiquities, the Shefton Museum and the Hatton Gallery…

Hatton Gallery

Hatton Gallery

Described in recent years as "one of the most impressive exhibition spaces in Britain", Newcastle University’s Hatton Gallery, situated in the old Quadrangle, has been at the heart of cultural life in the North East since the early twentieth century…

Laing Art Gallery

Laing Art Gallery

The Laing is home to an impressive collection of art and sculpture and its exhibition programme is renowned for bringing the biggest names in historic, modern and contemporary art to the North East…

Regional Resource Centre

Regional Resource Centre

The Regional Resource Centre is where Beamish Museum and Tyne and Wear Museums look after their collections. The centre is free to people of all ages and interests. You can make an appointment to use the Search Room or Collections Study Room to…

Monkwearmouth Station Museum

Monkwearmouth Station Museum

The museum is housed in an outstanding grade 2* listed 1840s station building commissioned by the famous railway entrepreneur George Hudson. The magnificent portico leads into a grand entrance hall and well preserved booking office, both of which display many original features such as the ticket booths, fireplaces and shuttered windows. The Platform Gallery gives a good view of the railway bridge and the trains passing by on the tracks…

Shipley Art Gallery

Shipley Art Gallery

Relax, unwind and discover the fantastic range of art and design on show in the friendly surroundings of the Shipley. Over the last 25 years the venue has become established as a national centre for contemporary craft and has built up one of the best collections outside London, including ceramics, wood, metal, glass, textiles and furniture…

South Shields Museum and Art Gallery

South Shields Museum and Art Gallery

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery explores the story of South Tyneside through sensational displays, hands-on exhibits and stunning art…