Britain’s second oldest preserved lifeboat, the Tyne, stands as a symbol of sacrifice and courage next to the Wouldhave Memorial, between the South and North...

South Shields Museum and Gallery explores a long and fascinating cultural history in this region of the northeast. One of the central exhibitions is...

Home of the Venerable Bede, the chronicler of the beginnings of Christianity, Jarrow is one of the most important and studied monastic sites of Anglo-Saxon...

Four miles east of the end of Hadrian’s Wall, Arbeia Roman Fort, in South Shields, guarded the entrance to the River Tyne. Built around AD160,...

Discover the exciting world of Venerable Bede, early Europe’s greatest scholar who lived and worked at the monastery of Wearmouth Jarrow 1300 years ago. Bede’s...

The Tynemouth Watch House Museum houses the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, a voluntary shore based rescue service that was established in 1864. The small...

This priory dates from 1085 when it was home to a colony of Benedictine monks. Today there is still a small 15th Century vaulted chapel...

Souter Lighthouse started operating in 1871 and was, at the time, the most advanced in the world, being the first to be powered by electricity....

Souter Lighthouse once protected shipping from the notorious rocks in the approaches to the rivers Tyne and Wear. Now it offers a safe haven...

This Roman fort was originally built as part of a massive frontier system that the Romans built across the north of England in order to...

Sir William Hylton built the original castle around 1400, and this distinctive and highly decorative gatehouse is all that is left of the fine building...

The Stephenson Railway Museum allows visitors to re-live the great age of steam, enjoying a range of pioneering steam technology under one roof. At...

The Buddle Arts Centre is a fantastic local resource and a place that attracts a great many visitors throughout the year. The centre offers...

The Waygood Gallery and Studios is one of the leading artist-led contemporary visual arts venues in the region, and has built a solid reputation for...

Fulwell Mill dominates the skyline over the Sunderland suburb of Fulwell and is a working example of how windmills were used in the past. After...

All of the collections at this fascinating museum are related to some form of transport, and on the whole are dedicated to the great age...

Founded in 1877, the Sunderland Volunteer Life Brigade has a long and interesting history, saving lives for generations off the coast of northeastern England....

The aim of this centre is to make accessible to children a superb collection of artwork and literature that has been collected from authors and...

This gallery is located in the north of England’s largest single-floored open art space. Just a few minutes from the heart of Newcastle city...

Northern Print is the home of contemporary printmaking in this area of the country. It is designed to be an interesting and engaging hands-on...

Originally opened in 1857, Mowbray Park is an excellent example of how the Victorians constructed ‘green lungs’ in industrialised towns and cities. In 2000, Heritage...

The Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art is based in Sunderland and is one of the most prestigious art galleries in the north of England....

Exciting hands-on exhibits and interactive displays tell the story of Sunderland from its prehistoric past through to the present day. The art gallery features paintings...

The Baring Wing is a modern gallery attached to the University of Newcastle. Outside is the especially commissioned sculpture Pillar Man by Nico Widerberg....

One of the centrepieces of the University of Newcastle, the main library houses one of the finest academic collections in the northeast. The library...

At the Museum of Antiquities you will find the largest archaeological collection in the North of England. You can see prehistoric rock art, Stone Age...

The Hatton Gallery is affiliated with the University and was opened in 1926. Since its opening, the collection has grown quickly and now features...

Located within the Classics Department at the University of Newcastle, this museum holds a relatively small but impressive collection of pieces that have been excavated...

Newcastle’s premier natural history museum unravels the natural world, through sensational galleries and close encounters with resident reptiles and insects. For more than one hundred...

Baltic is a major new international centre for contemporary art on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead. It lies right at the...

This museum is dedicated to a simple but phenomenally well-used form of transport, the bus. Throughout the ages, starting with carts being pulled by...

The entrance to the Laing is through the shop. Once inside the main exhibit on the ground floor is Art on Tyneside. Which takes the...

Surviving amid 1960s city centre developments, this building displays features from all of its 700 year existence, from the remains of the 14th Century Augustinian...

The Folk Archive is based in the north-east of England, and is an innovative project that has brought together a great deal of documentation and...

The Theatre Royal is built in a classic style with a beautiful auditorium. It hosts many big travelling shows, including the RSC, so there...

This large collection of military vehicles was established in the main part to preserve the many surviving pieces of military hardware that were left over...

The Reg Vardy Gallery was established in order to provide a first class exhibition space in Sunderland, and to help to promote the arts to...

The world famous Tyne Bridge spans Newcastle and Gateshead in the north east of England. Although it is the most famous of the bridges that...

The Side Gallery has decades of experience of collecting and displaying some of the finest documentary photographs that exists in the country, and from across...

Two five-storey 16th and 17th Century merchant’s houses are some of the finest examples of preserved architecture from this period in the whole city....