The Shields v The Toon exhibition will tell the history of an almost 600 year battle between North Shields and Newcastle over rights on the River Tyne. Centre stage will be 17th century local hero Ralph Gardner who played...
1st of March to the 31st of June. An installation for the Boat installation by artist Alice Fox. This collection of altered found items and constructed forms are based on objects gathered from northern coastal locations of the British...
Peter Mayne was born in South Shields in 1952. After leaving school he became an apprentice and served his time as a welder and metal worker at the Hawthorn Leslie shipyard in Hebburn on Tyne. He would later move...
Friday 30 March – Sunday 29 April 2018 Christine is head teacher of a busy Specialist SEN school and, despite travelling extensively with her husband, still comes back to home and views of the north east as inspiration for...
The Students from TyneMet College present a collection of their work, featuring the Old Low Light and surrounding area. Running from 1st February 2018 through to the 25th February 2018.
The UK’s fishing fleet employs around 12,000 at the start of 2018. That is 12,000 son’s, daughters, mothers and fathers braving the treacherous conditions of life at sea to bring the catch and boat in. By focusing on 12...
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...
From 20th October to 24th December 2017 we will be hosting the Tyne Art Fair. This exhibition will feature work of some of Tyneside’s most talented artists. Jim Edwards Best known for his depictions of iconic buildings and...
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...
