28 October 1865 - 12 December 1930

The North East's story behind the world's first Black professional footballer

21st century

Can museums confront their colonial past?

16 May 1916 - 29 November 1995

How Sierra Leone’s first female doctor qualified in Newcastle

19th century

What can three museum specimens tell us about wildlife and the changing world around us?

1894

The speed that stunned the Victorian world

17 January 1942 - 3 June 2016

The boxing legend's unforgettable Tyneside visit

1876

Engineering, industry and everyday life

1904

The North East's pioneering electric railway

1897

The search for the man in Turbinia's most famous photograph

1895

The bridges, ships and engineering that made the River Tyne the powerhouse of Victorian Britain