Heritage Open Days 2026 - The Jennie Shearan Archive

10.30am - 12.30pm

Free, booking essential 

Part of the Heritage Open Days programme. 

Includes a tour of the Tyne & Wear Archives stores. 

Ground floor - meet at the entrance to Tyne & Wear Archives, past the Turbinia ship, in Discovery Museum.

Please note: due to the physical nature of the Archive Stores, we regret the behind-the-scenes tour is not accessible for wheelchair or mobility scooter users.

Discover the story of South Tyneside's Jennie Shearan and her extraordinary local community campaign for environmental justice.

Join archivists from Tyne & Wear Archives for a special event highlighting the archive of Jennie Shearan - which is now in the care of Tyne & Wear Archives - and her tireless fight over decades for clean air for the people of Hebburn in South Tyneside.

This will be followed by a behind-the-scenes tour of the archive stores.