List of museums in Tyne and Wear

This list of museums in Tyne and Wear, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum South Shields South Tyneside Archaeology Excavated and reconstructed Roman fort, museum of artefacts and life of a Roman soldier Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Gateshead Gateshead Art Contemporary art Bessie Surtees House Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Historic house Operated by Historic England, two five-storey 16th and 17th century merchants' houses Bowes Railway Springwell City of Sunderland Railway Preserved operational standard gauge cable railway system built to transport coal to boats, built by George Stephenson in 1826 Castle Keep Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Historic house Keep and remains of the medieval castle Centre for Life Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Science Permanent exhibits about human life Customs House South Shields South Tyneside Art Arts centre with exhibit gallery, theatre and cinema Discovery Museum Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Multiple Science, local history, shipbuilding and industrial heritage, Turbinia, first steam turbine powered steamship, regimental museum for the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars and the Northumberland Hussars, costumes, art exhibits of painting, photography and sculpture Fulwell Windmill Fulwell City of Sunderland Mill restored early 19th century windmill Gateshead Heritage @ St Mary`s Gateshead Gateshead Local local history, culture, Globe Gallery North Shields North Tyneside Art contemporary art Great North Museum: Hancock Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Multiple Natural history, archaeology and Roman Britain, Ancient Rome and Egypt, dinosaurs and fossils, ethnography Hatton Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Art Part of Newcastle University Holy Jesus Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne History Operated by the National Trust, medieval building in use for 700 years, exhibits about its use as a 14th-century Augustinian friary, 17th century almshouse and Victorian soup kitchen Jarrow Hall Jarrow South Tyneside Multiple Life and times of monk, scholar and author Venerable Bede, includes artifacts from the adjacent medieval church, museum exhibits, Anglo-Saxon demonstration farm with heritage breeds of animals Laing Art Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Art Collections include 18th and 18th century British oil paintings and sculpture, watercolours, ceramics, silver and glassware, 20th century art Monkwearmouth Station Museum Monkwearmouth City of Sunderland Railway Formerly Railway and transportation history and heritage, now contains a collection of football memorabilia. National Glass Centre Sunderland City of Sunderland Art Historic and contemporary glass, history of glass-making Newburn Hall Motor Museum Newburn Newcastle upon Tyne Automotive North East Land, Sea and Air Museums Sunderland City of Sunderland Aviation Historic aircraft, aviation history, Military vehicles, historic emergency services vehicles, buses and trams. Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Sunderland City of Sunderland Art Contemporary art Northumbria University Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Art part of Northumbria University Old Low Light North Shields North Tyneside Maritime heritage - Galleries, exhibits, activities, viewing platform and café, housed in a former lighthouse Path Head Watermill Blaydon Gateshead Industry Restored water wheel and joiner's shop Reg Vardy Gallery Sunderland City of Sunderland Art information, contemporary art gallery of the University of Sunderland Ryhope Engines Museum Ryhope City of Sunderland Technology Victorian pumping station with two beam engines, steam engines and pumps, boilers, a blacksmith's forge, waterwheel, replica plumber's shop Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths and Museum Wallsend North Tyneside Archaeology Excavated Roman fort along Hadrian's Wall, museum of artefacts and life of a Roman soldier, shipbuilding and coal mining industries, reconstructed Roman baths Seven Stories Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne Art Art of British children’s books Shipley Art Gallery Gateshead Gateshead Art Contemporary crafts and design, fine art South Shields Museum & Art Gallery South Shields South Tyneside Local local history, culture, art Souter Lighthouse Marsden South Tyneside Maritime Operated by the National Trust, lighthouse's engine room, light tower and keeper's living quarters St. Mary's Lighthouse St Mary's Island North Tyneside Maritime Lighthouse to tour, exhibits about the lighthouse and island's wildlife Stephenson Railway Museum North Shields North Tyneside Railway Steam-powered, electric and diesel engines, history of area electric transport, northern terminus of the North Tyneside Steam Railway Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens Sunderland City of Sunderland Multiple Art, textiles, pottery, glass, coal mining, local history, social history, natural history, industry, geology Tynemouth Castle and Priory Tynemouth North Tyneside Historic house Operated by English Heritage, remains and exhibits about the Anglo-Saxon settlement, Anglican monastery, royal castle, artillery fort and coastal defence Tynemouth Life Brigade Watch House Museum Tynemouth North Tyneside Maritime history of area lifesaving, shipwreck artifacts Tynemouth Toy Museum Tynemouth North Tyneside Toy toys, dolls, prams, puzzles, games Washington 'F' Pit Washington City of Sunderland Technology Victorian steam engine, engine house and headgear for a coal mine Washington Old Hall Washington City of Sunderland Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 16th century stone manor house, ancestral home of the family of George Washington, the first President of the United States

Defunct museums

Dial Cottage, West Moor,https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/222809 Geograph image of Dial Cottagehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/pinzac55/7267455114/ Flickr sourced image taken inside this museum when it was open in 1994. Killingworth, one of the homes of George Stephenson from 1804 and where the infant Robert Stephenson grew up Military Vehicle Museum, Exhibition Park, Newcastle, closed in 2006,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15707555 "Newcastle's Military Vehicle Museum building for sale", BBC News, November 12, 2011 may reopen "Former Newcastle United Chairman Freddy Shepherd To Reopen Museum In Exhibition Park", Sky Tyne and Wear, May 18, 2012 Municipal Museum of Science and Industry, Exhibition Park, Newcastle, collections now part of Discovery Museum Museum of Antiquities, collections now part of Great North Museum: Hancock Shefton Museum, collections now part of Great North Museum: Hancock

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See also :Category:Tourist attractions in Tyne and Wear