The North East’s favourite TV historian turns his attention to the River Tyne and North Shields We have a few tickets left for John’s talk on Saturday 26 August at 11:00. In his knowledgeable and entertaining fashion, John’s talk...
A fabulous exhibition full of amazing stories and images! This exhibition tells the stories of commercial fishing from the port of North Shields in the distant waters off Iceland and Greenland. Over 800 years of incredible innovation, economic and...
We would hate you to be disappointed Due to a private booking, it is sometimes necessary to close our ‘Views From The Happy Hunting Ground’ exhibition gallery. We do not want people to have a wasted journey, therefore if...
Dramatic scenes and figures through the eyes of the artist. Images of North Shields’ commercial fishing industry before the early Victorian period are quite rare. It was probably not until Herman Melville’s ‘Moby Dick’ together with Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man...
1827 Plan of North Shields and Tynemouth The rare hand coloured version of 1827 plan of North Shields and Tynemouth is back in stock. The plan is extremely detailed, accurate and attractive and is more like a work of...
A unique opportunity to talk to the artist behind our new heritage gallery exhibition Stephen Livingstone will be in our Heritage Gallery on Saturday 10 June from 1:00 to talk about his work and the inspiration behind it. Guided...
Thousands of men from the North East of England left the region in the years before 1914 and a significant number enlisted in the American army in 1917-18. Neither the United States’ ‘late’ entry into the First World War...
Threads of time explored in new textile exhibition It Happens is small group of textile artists based in the North East who work together whilst exploring new ideas and themes for exhibition. ‘Borders Boundaries and Beyond’ has been inspired...
Trawlers, tugs and tea clippers Sail along to our fantastic display of model boats all of which have a River Tyne connection. The models on display are scaled replicas of boats and ships which have been built in one...
Exploring the River Tyne’s whaling and submarine heritage “Sub-marine – the Great Leviathan” is a poetic mash up between submarines and whales! Stephen’s exhibition was inspired by the fact that around the time that we stopped hunting the whale for...