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...

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

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...

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....

Ryhope Engines Museum is based in the Ryhope Pumping Station that was built in 1868 to supply water to both Sunderland and the many surrounding...

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...

In the middle of the New Town of Washington, Tyne & Wear, lies the original village and Washington Old Hall, the ancestral home of America’s...

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...

Washington ‘F’ Pit’s magnificent Victorian steam engine, engine house and headgear are preserved to mark the town’s coalmining heritage that reaches back over 250 years....

For railway enthusiasts this is one of the real treats of the region as it is the only place in the country where it is...

South Shields Central Library contains a vast collection of books, talking books, newspaper archives, DVDs, CDs and study guides. The library has a series...

The South Tyneside Library includes a large local history collection covering the history of the region and the people that live within it. The...

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...

The museum is based in the annex of a local church and is responsible for collecting a social and political archive of information on this...

A three acre country garden created by the present owners with over 500 yards of colour themed mixed borders. There are also ponds, orchards with...

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...

This comparatively small priory is situated in a scenic spot on the banks of the River Wear, about 4 miles from Durham. From its lowly...

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...

There are over seven hundred pieces by local arts and craftspeople on display at the Shipley Art Gallery. Some of the disciplines that are...

This unique museum recreates living conditions in the North of England in 1825 and 1913. Set in more than 300 acres, it features some...

Gateshead Central Library is located at the heart of this community. The library carries a large collection of books and texts, both fiction and...

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...

The Sage Gateshead is a stunning centre, designed by Lord Norman Foster, for live music. The building towers over the River Tyne. It consists of...

The Workplace Gallery is a forward thinking artist led exhibition space. It concentrates largely on the work of young and emerging talent from the...

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...

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

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...

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...