As part of Newcastle University, the Great North Museum and its collections are actively used for teaching and research.
Key teaching and research areas include:
- Museology
- Zoology - for example genomics, clinal variation and species distribution
- Palaeontology - for example vertebrate evolution and Devonian fish
- Archaeology - for example use-wear analysis, Roman Britain, pre-historic burial practices
- Egyptology - forensic archaeology
- World Cultures
- Creative applications for technology - including participatory design
Great North Museum: Resource Centre
The reserve collections are stored at the Great North Museum: Resource Centre, based in Discovery Museum. The store has a class room and research rooms which are available by appointment for teaching and research. Please contact: (0191) 222 6765 or email: info@greatnorthmuseum.org.uk
Useful links
Newcastle University:
School of History, Classics and Archaeology
School of Marine Science and Technology
Archaeology Resources:
Shefton Archive Project (funded by Pilgrim Trust) - email s.a.waite@ncl.ac.uk
Research Meetings:
The Tyne-Forth Prehistory Forum
Teaching-related projects and resources:
The Great North Museum library
Centre for Interdisciplinary Artefact Studies
Newcastle's Young Archaeologists Club
Teachers’ Tool Kit: Excavate at School! The Archaeology Mini-Dig Taster Programme
A selection of the Newcastle University modules use the Great North Museum for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. To find out more, you can attend a Newcastle University undergraduate visit day or postgraduate visit day.