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Museums, Archives, Galleries and Collections
| Name | Location | County/Met | Notes |
| Abbot Hall Art Gallery | Kendal | Cumbria | |
| Arbeia Roman Fort | South Shields | South Tyneside | |
| Art Block | Seahm | County Durham | |
| Armitt Library | Ambleside | Cumbria | |
| Bailiffgate Museum | Alnwick | Northumberland | Former church building |
| Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art | Gateshead | Gateshead | |
| Beamish Museum | Beamish | County Durham | The Living Museum of the North |
| Bellingham Heritage Centre | Bellingham | Northumberland | |
| Belford Museum | Belford | Northumberland | A volunteer-run community museum |
| Beatrix Potter Gallery | Hawkshead | Cumbria | |
| Berwick Barracks | Berwick upon Tweed | Northumberland | |
| Berwick Museum & Art Gallery | Berwick upon Tweed | Northumberland | |
| Bewcastle Museum | Bewcastle | Cumbria | |
| Blyth Battery | Blyth | Northumberland | |
| Bob Abley Art Gallery | Spennymoor | County Durham | |
| Bowes Museum | Bowes | County Durham | |
| Captain Cook Birthplace Museum | Marton-in-Cleveland, Middlesbrough | Tees Valley | |
| Chantry Bagpipe Museum | Morpeth | Northumberland | |
| Chesters Roman Fort | nr Chollerford | Northumberland | |
| Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum | Skinningrove | Tees Valley | |
| Customs House | South Shields | South Tyneside | icl. art gallery |
| Derwent Pencil Museum | Keswick | Cumbria | |
| Dock Museum | Barrow-in-Furness | Cumbria | |
| Dove Cottage and Wordsworth Museum | Grasmere | Cumbria | |
| Durham Mining Museum | Spennymoor | County Durham | |
| Durham Museum and Heritage Centre | Durham | County Durham | |
| Discovery Museum | Newcastle | Newcastle | |
| DLI Collection, Palace Green Library | Durham | County Durham | Durham Light Infantry |
| Dorman Museum | Middlesbrough | Tees Valley | |
| East Durham Heritage and Lifeboat Centre | Seaham | Tees Valley | |
| Helena Thompson Museum | Workington | Cumbria | |
| Friends Meeting House / Quaker Tapestry | Kendal | Cumbria | |
| Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle | Alnwick | Northumberland | |
| Gateshead Heritage @ St Mary's | Gateshead | Gateshead | |
| Globe Gallery | North Shields | North Tyneside | |
| Grace Darling Museum | Bamburgh | Northumberland | |
| Great North Museum: Hancock | Newcastle | Newcastle | |
| Guildhall Museum | Carlisle | Cumbria | |
| Hartlepool Art Gallery | Hartlepool | Tees Valley | |
| Hartlepool's Maritime Experience and Museum | Hartlepool | Tees Valley | incl. HMS Trincomalee |
| Hatton Gallery | Newcastle | Newcastle | |
| Hawkshead Grammar School - Museum | Hawkshead | Cumbria | |
| Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum | Darlington | County Durham | |
| Heugh Battery | Hartlepool | Tees Valley | |
| Horden Colliery Heritage Centre | Horden | County Durham | |
| Housesteads Fort Museum | nr Haydon Bridge | Northumberland | |
| Hub of the North Pennines Museum | Alston | Cumbria | |
| Jarrow Hall - Anglo Saxon Farm, Village and Bede Museum | Jarrow | South Tyneside | formerly: Bede's World |
| Keswick Museum and Art Gallery | Keswick | Cumbria | |
| Kirkleatham Museum | Kirkleatham, Redcar | Tees Valley | |
| Laing Art Gallery | Newcastle | Newcastle | |
| Lakeland Motor Museum | Backbarrow | Cumbria | |
| Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre | Blaydon | Gateshead | |
| Laurel and Hardy Museum | Ulverston | Cumbria | |
| Millom Discovery Centre | Millom | Cumbria | |
| Monkwearmouth Station Museum | Monkwearmouth | Sunderland | |
| Museum of Archaeology, Durham University | Durham | County Durham | |
| Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry | Kendal | Cumbria | |
| National Glass Centre | Sunderland | ||
| Locomotion - Railway Museum | Shildon | County Durham | |
| Nented Mines | Cumbria | Heritage Centre | |
| Newburn Motor Museum | |||
| North East Land, Sea & Air Museums | Sunderland | Sunderland | |
| North of England Lead Mining Museum (Killhope) | Lanehead | County Durham | |
| Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art | Sunderland | Sunderland | |
| Northumberland Archives | Woodhorn, Ashington | Northumberland | |
| Old Gaol | Hexham | Northumberland | |
| Open Treasure, Durham Cathedral | Durham | County Durham | |
| Oriental Museum, Durham University | Durham | County Durham | |
| Penrith and Eden Museum | Penrith | Cumbria | |
| Preston Park Museum and Grounds | Eaglescliffe | Tees Valley | |
| Ruskin Museum | Coniston | Cumbria | |
| Ryhope Engines Museum | Ryhope | Sunderland | |
| Segedunum | Wallsend | North Tyneside | Roman fort & museum |
| Senhouse Roman Museum | Maryport | Cumbria | |
| Shipley Art Gallery | Gateshead | Gateshead | |
| Solway Aviation Museum | Carlisle | Cumbria | |
| Solway Coast Discovery Centre | Silloth | Cumbria | |
| South Shields Museum & Art Gallery | South Shields | South Tyneside | |
| Stephenson Railway Museum | North Shields | North Tyneside | |
| Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens | Sunderland | Sunderland | |
| The Beacon | Whitehaven | Cumbria | |
| The Witham | Barnard Castle | County Durham | |
| Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum | Threlkeld | Cumbria | |
| Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery | Carlisle | Cumbria | established 1893 |
| Vindolanda | Northumberland | Roman fort & museum | |
| Watch House Museum | Tynemouth | North Tyneside | |
| Watch House Museum | Seaton Sluice | Northumberland | |
| Watch House | Roker | Sunderland | |
| Washington F Pit Museum | Washington | Sunderland | |
| Weardale Museum and High House Chapel | Ireshopeburn | County Durham | |
| Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre | Wheatley Hill | Gateshead | |
| Woodhorn Museum | Woodhorn, Ashington | Northumberland | |
| World Heritage Site Visitor Centre | Durham | County Durham | |
| World in Miniature Museum | Hougton | Cumbria | |
| Wylam Railway Museum | Wylam | Northumberland | |
| Zetland Lifeboat Museum | Redcar | Tees Valley | |
| Carlisle Archive Centre | Carlisle | Cumbria |
from http://research.ncl.ac.uk/nsa…
Brian Welsh Memorial Museum of Anaesthesia
- Part of the Northern Schools of Anaesthesia the museum is physically sited in the anaesthetic training centre in the Royal Victoria Infirmary, with some of the exhibits on display. Images …
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Simon Cotterill
from http://heughbattery.com/
Heugh Battery Museum
- "The Heugh Battery Museum is situated on the Headland in Hartlepool. This area of the North East coast is rich in history and the museum aims to educate its visitors …
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Simon Cotterill
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National Glass Centre
- Overview About the Centre Map The National Glass Centre is free to visit and is part of the University of Sunderland. It includes a museum, demonstrations and the opportunity to …
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Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum
- Darlington Railway Museum (now Head of Steam) was opened on the 27th September 1975 by the Duke of Edinburgh, on the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The museum tells …
from http://www.killhope.org.uk/
Killhope - North of England Lead Mining Museum
- "Killhope is the best preserved lead mining site in Britain and is at the heart of what was the largest lead mining area, in the North Pennines.
The museum is …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from Flickr (flickr)
Ferryman's hut in #Alnmouth, #Northumberland: a mini museum with old photos and local history. One of the smallest museums in the country! http://bit.ly/1MqiX5Z
Pinned by Peter Smith
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Arbeia - Roman Fort
- Overview About Arbeia Map Street View The fort stood on the Lawe Top in South Shields, overlooking the River Tyne. It was built around 120 AD, guarded the main sea …
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Segedunum
- Overview About Segedunum Map Segedunum was a Roman fort built at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall near the banks of the River Tyne. It is located in modern-day Wallsend, …
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Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum
- Overview Map The museum was founded in 1983 by volunteers to preserve the remains of the ironstone mining industry, which had once formed the basis of Cleveland’s growth & prosperity …
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Berwick Barracks
- Overview About the Barracks Map Street View This is the earliest planned barrack complex in England, built because of the need for a permanent garrison on the Scottish border. Now …
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Blyth Battery
- Overview Map Street View Blyth Battery is a Military and Local Heritage museum which is free to visit. The artillery battery was originally built in 1916 to defend the port …
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Zetland Lifeboat Museum
- Overview About the Zetland Map Street View The Zetland is the world's oldest surviving lifeboat and was built in 1802. The Zetland was in service for 78 years and saved …
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Grace Darling Museum
- Overview Map Street View Grace Darling was awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for Gallantry. The museum in her home town of Bamburgh was established in 1938 to commemorate her life. …
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Heugh Battery
- Overview About Heugh Battery Map Street View The Heugh Gun Battery was built on the Headland in 1860 to protect the fast growing port of Hartlepool. The Battery guns were …
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Watch House Museum
- Overview Map Street View The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, founded in 1864, was the first such organisation in the country. The Watch House was built 1886-1887 overlooking the Black Midden …
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Hartlepool Art Gallery / Christ Church
- Overview About Hartlepool Art Gallery Map Street View Inside Christ Church on Church Square in Hartlepool was built for, what was then, the new and rapidly growing town of West …
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Preston Park Museum and Grounds
- Overview Map Street View Preston Hall near Eaglescliffe in Stockton-on-Tees was a stately home built in 1825 for David Burton Fowler. When Fowler purchased the estate it included four farms, …
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Old Gaol
- Overview About Hexham Old Gaol Map Street View Built c.1330 and one of the first purpose-built prisons in Britain. Today the Old Gaol is a museum, where you can see …
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Ryhope Engines Museum
- Overview About Ryhope Engines Museum Map Street View Ryhope Pumping Station was built in 1868 for the Sunderland & South Shields Water Company, to supply water to the Sunderland area. The …
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Hatton Gallery
- Overview About the Gallery Map The Hatton Gallery is located in the King Edward VII Building on Kings Road at Newcastle University. "Our painting collection includes works from the 14th …
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Hawkshead Grammar School - Museum
- Overview Map Street View Hawkshead Grammar School was founded in 1585 by the then Archbishop of York, Edwin Sandys (originally of Esthwaite Hall, near Hawkshead). The current building dates from 1675, when …
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Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
- Overview About the Baltic Map Street View The original Baltic Flour Mills were opened in 1950, built for the Rank Hovis company based on a 1930s design by Gelder and …
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Dove Cottage and Wordsworth Museum
- Overview About Dove Cottage Map Street View Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the …
Co-Curate Page
Ruskin Museum
- Overview About the Ruskin Museum Map Street View The museum covers the local history of Coniston, Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) author of the Swallows and Amazons, Donald Campbell (1921- 1967), and …
Co-Curate Page
Lakeland Motor Museum
- Overview About Lakeland Motor Museum Map Street View The Lakeland Motor Museum is located in Backbarrow, about a mile and a half south-west of Windermere. The museum has a collection …
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Belford Museum
- Overview Map Street View Belford Museum is located on the corner of Market Place and Church Street, in Belford. It is a volunteer-run museum and resource centre based in the …
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Senhouse Roman Museum
- Overview Map Street View Senhouse Roman Museum is located at The Battery on Sea Brows in Maryport. The museum occupies part of the site of Alauna - the Roman fort …
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Bailiffgate Museum, Alnwick
- Overview Map Street View Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery, a community-run museum dedicated to the history of Alnwick and its surrounding area. The museum is located in the formner Roman Catholic Church …
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Tullie (museum & gallery)
- Overview Map Street View Inside Tullie is a museum, art gallery, community hub in Carlisle, with it's main entrance on Castle Street. It opened as Tullie House Public Library, Museum …
Co-Curate Page
Carlisle Archive Centre
- Overview Map Street View Carlisle Archive Centre is located at Lady Gillford's House on Petteril Bank Road in Carlisle. The archive includes original documents from the 12th century to the …
from http://research.ncl.ac.uk/nsa…
Brian Welsh Memorial Museum of Anaesthesia
- Part of the Northern Schools of Anaesthesia the museum is physically sited in the anaesthetic training centre in the Royal Victoria Infirmary, with some of the exhibits on display. Images …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://heughbattery.com/
Heugh Battery Museum
- "The Heugh Battery Museum is situated on the Headland in Hartlepool. This area of the North East coast is rich in history and the museum aims to educate its visitors …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
Co-Curate Page
National Glass Centre
- Overview About the Centre Map The National Glass Centre is free to visit and is part of the University of Sunderland. It includes a museum, demonstrations and the opportunity to …
Co-Curate Page
Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum
- Darlington Railway Museum (now Head of Steam) was opened on the 27th September 1975 by the Duke of Edinburgh, on the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The museum tells …
from http://www.killhope.org.uk/
Killhope - North of England Lead Mining Museum
- "Killhope is the best preserved lead mining site in Britain and is at the heart of what was the largest lead mining area, in the North Pennines.
The museum is …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from Flickr (flickr)
Ferryman's hut in #Alnmouth, #Northumberland: a mini museum with old photos and local history. One of the smallest museums in the country! http://bit.ly/1MqiX5Z
Pinned by Peter Smith
Co-Curate Page
Arbeia - Roman Fort
- Overview About Arbeia Map Street View The fort stood on the Lawe Top in South Shields, overlooking the River Tyne. It was built around 120 AD, guarded the main sea …
Co-Curate Page
Segedunum
- Overview About Segedunum Map Segedunum was a Roman fort built at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall near the banks of the River Tyne. It is located in modern-day Wallsend, …
Co-Curate Page
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum
- Overview Map The museum was founded in 1983 by volunteers to preserve the remains of the ironstone mining industry, which had once formed the basis of Cleveland’s growth & prosperity …
Co-Curate Page
Berwick Barracks
- Overview About the Barracks Map Street View This is the earliest planned barrack complex in England, built because of the need for a permanent garrison on the Scottish border. Now …
Co-Curate Page
Blyth Battery
- Overview Map Street View Blyth Battery is a Military and Local Heritage museum which is free to visit. The artillery battery was originally built in 1916 to defend the port …
Co-Curate Page
Zetland Lifeboat Museum
- Overview About the Zetland Map Street View The Zetland is the world's oldest surviving lifeboat and was built in 1802. The Zetland was in service for 78 years and saved …
Co-Curate Page
Grace Darling Museum
- Overview Map Street View Grace Darling was awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for Gallantry. The museum in her home town of Bamburgh was established in 1938 to commemorate her life. …
Co-Curate Page
Heugh Battery
- Overview About Heugh Battery Map Street View The Heugh Gun Battery was built on the Headland in 1860 to protect the fast growing port of Hartlepool. The Battery guns were …
Co-Curate Page
Watch House Museum
- Overview Map Street View The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, founded in 1864, was the first such organisation in the country. The Watch House was built 1886-1887 overlooking the Black Midden …
Co-Curate Page
Hartlepool Art Gallery / Christ Church
- Overview About Hartlepool Art Gallery Map Street View Inside Christ Church on Church Square in Hartlepool was built for, what was then, the new and rapidly growing town of West …
Co-Curate Page
Preston Park Museum and Grounds
- Overview Map Street View Preston Hall near Eaglescliffe in Stockton-on-Tees was a stately home built in 1825 for David Burton Fowler. When Fowler purchased the estate it included four farms, …
Co-Curate Page
Old Gaol
- Overview About Hexham Old Gaol Map Street View Built c.1330 and one of the first purpose-built prisons in Britain. Today the Old Gaol is a museum, where you can see …
Co-Curate Page
Ryhope Engines Museum
- Overview About Ryhope Engines Museum Map Street View Ryhope Pumping Station was built in 1868 for the Sunderland & South Shields Water Company, to supply water to the Sunderland area. The …
Co-Curate Page
Hatton Gallery
- Overview About the Gallery Map The Hatton Gallery is located in the King Edward VII Building on Kings Road at Newcastle University. "Our painting collection includes works from the 14th …
Co-Curate Page
Hawkshead Grammar School - Museum
- Overview Map Street View Hawkshead Grammar School was founded in 1585 by the then Archbishop of York, Edwin Sandys (originally of Esthwaite Hall, near Hawkshead). The current building dates from 1675, when …
Co-Curate Page
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
- Overview About the Baltic Map Street View The original Baltic Flour Mills were opened in 1950, built for the Rank Hovis company based on a 1930s design by Gelder and …
Co-Curate Page
Dove Cottage and Wordsworth Museum
- Overview About Dove Cottage Map Street View Dove Cottage is a house on the edge of Grasmere in the Lake District of England. It is best known as the …
Co-Curate Page
Ruskin Museum
- Overview About the Ruskin Museum Map Street View The museum covers the local history of Coniston, Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) author of the Swallows and Amazons, Donald Campbell (1921- 1967), and …
Co-Curate Page
Lakeland Motor Museum
- Overview About Lakeland Motor Museum Map Street View The Lakeland Motor Museum is located in Backbarrow, about a mile and a half south-west of Windermere. The museum has a collection …
Co-Curate Page
Belford Museum
- Overview Map Street View Belford Museum is located on the corner of Market Place and Church Street, in Belford. It is a volunteer-run museum and resource centre based in the …
Co-Curate Page
Senhouse Roman Museum
- Overview Map Street View Senhouse Roman Museum is located at The Battery on Sea Brows in Maryport. The museum occupies part of the site of Alauna - the Roman fort …
Co-Curate Page
Bailiffgate Museum, Alnwick
- Overview Map Street View Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery, a community-run museum dedicated to the history of Alnwick and its surrounding area. The museum is located in the formner Roman Catholic Church …
Co-Curate Page
Tullie (museum & gallery)
- Overview Map Street View Inside Tullie is a museum, art gallery, community hub in Carlisle, with it's main entrance on Castle Street. It opened as Tullie House Public Library, Museum …
Co-Curate Page
Carlisle Archive Centre
- Overview Map Street View Carlisle Archive Centre is located at Lady Gillford's House on Petteril Bank Road in Carlisle. The archive includes original documents from the 12th century to the …
Beamish Museum
Bowes Museum
Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
Chantry Bagpipe Museum
Discovery Museum, Newcastle
Dorman Museum
eBooks - historic texts
Former Museums
Great North Museum: Hancock
Hartlepool's Maritime Experience and Museum
Jarrow Hall - Anglo Saxon Farm, Village and Bede Museum
Kirkleatham Museum
Laing Art Gallery
Libraries
Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne
National Railway Museum, Shildon
Maps - historic
Monkwearmouth Station Museum
North East Land, Sea & Air Museums
North of England Lead Mining Museum
Northumberland Archives
Regional Newspapers
Shipley Art Gallery
South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Stephenson Railway Museum
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Washington F Pit Museum
Weardale Museum and High House Chapel
Woodhorn Museum
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum
Grace Darling Museum, Bamburgh
Tullie museum and gallery, Carlisle
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Hawkshead Grammar School - Museum
Preston Park Museum and Grounds
Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport
Museums & Galleries in Newcastle-Gateshead Centre
Dove Cottage and Wordsworth Museum
