Heritage & History in Newcastle
Historic buildings, walking trails, museums, churches, and the stories behind the streets of Newcastle.
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Full directory →Discovery Museum
CommunityFree museum of Tyneside science, industry and local history, built around the record-breaking steam turbine ship Turbinia.
Great North Museum: Hancock
CommunityFree natural history and antiquities museum on Newcastle University's campus, with a Hadrian's Wall gallery, dinosaurs and a digital planetarium.
Laing Art Gallery
CommunityFree-entry city art gallery holding Newcastle's principal collection of British paintings, silver, glass and ceramics alongside changing exhibitions.
Newcastle Castle
CommunityThe medieval castle keep and Black Gate gatehouse that gave Newcastle its name, open as a single visitor attraction with rooftop views over the Tyne.
Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children's Books
CommunityFree-entry visitor centre and museum devoted to children's literature, housed in a converted Victorian mill in the Ouseburn Valley.
Theatre Royal Newcastle
CommunityGrade I listed producing and touring theatre on Grey Street, home to a year-round programme of drama, musicals, opera and ballet.