South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Explore the amazingly vast history of South Tyneside, come face to face with exotic snakes, spiders and lizards and admire fantastic works of art at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery.

Visiting South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Explore Art Adventure

Schools Search

Schools services:

  • Visits

    Encourage learning opportunities by visiting one of our exciting venues. more

  • Workshops

    Use these pages to explore our cross curricular programmes at all key stages. more

  • Loan Boxes

    Free object loans service for schools! Please make sure you enquire at least two weeks in advance. more

  • Downloads

    Hazard Identification Sheets, Teachers Packs and resources to help your visit. more

Venue News

  • 9 August 2011

    St.Bede's RC Primary

    Visited South Shields Museum & Art Gallery in July 2011. Back at school, the Year 3 and 4 children created painting that were inspired by the artworks on display in the Art Adventure gallery. more

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Did you know..?

Steam Locomotives

'Billy' housed in the Stephenson Railway Museum is one of the earliest steam locomotives in the world.