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News and events at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Heritage Lottery Fund to support exhibitions by North East young people
Three groups of young people from across the North East will have the chance to curate their own exhibitions as part of the London 2012 Cultural… Read more
Come, See, Join
The museums and galleries of the North East already receive significant numbers of Deaf visitors but we want more to attend in the future. ‘ Read more
Visitors choose ending for Barnaby Barford’s artwork
How do YOU want the story to end? The Big Win: A Modern Morality Tale is Barnaby Barford’s new work which is told through his trademark… Read more
Come On In
Four museums and galleries in the North East will be hosting open days aimed specifically at disabled and Deaf children and adults. The Come On… Read more
Renaissance major grant funding
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has announced today that it has been successful in its application to Arts Council England for Renaissance… Read more
£250,000 grant for Discovery
Discovery Museum awarded £250,000 to develop new gallery Discovery Museum in Newcastle has been… Read more
Free lunchtime talks
The Parliamentary Archives will give a series of free lunchtime talks at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens and Donnison School from January - Read more
John Graham Lough celebrated in Consett
An afternoon of children’s art activities will be held at Consett Library to celebrate the life of one of the North East’s most… Read more
New Laing exhibitions leaflet now available
The latest Laing Art Gallery exhibitions guide containing all information about our forthcoming exhibitions and events is now available to… Read more
John Coatsworth Calendar error
Unfortunately, due to a printing error, our 2012 John Coatsworth calendar contains incorrect dates for the month of October. Customers… Read more