North East Museums
21st century
Can museums confront their colonial past?
2000-2001
A closer look at Nahem Shoa’s painting ‘Head of Desiree’
1895
Follow the Grimshaw brothers' paintings into the city's haunted past
20th century
The story of the bands that put Tyneside at the heart of heavy metal
Meet the comics, entertainers and eccentrics who made the North East laugh
19th century
Black Jackey Johnson, the feared fortune teller whose dark rituals gripped Georgian Newcastle
Exploring a century of artistic styles, ideas and innovation
1988
How abstract art evokes spirituality beyond traditional religious imagery
Understanding decolonisation, repatriation and the role of museums
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