Discovery Nights: Wonder Women

6pm - 9pm

£10 + booking fee. Booking advised, although tickets are available to purchase on the door. 

For adults 

Discovery Nights are after-hours events for discerning adults offering fresh perspectives on the world around you.

An evening of hands-on crafts, activities, live music, talks, historical objects and archives, bar and food.

Inspired by International Woman’s Day, this after-hours Discovery Nights: Wonder Women event celebrates remarkable women from the North East.

Be the first to see Discovery Museum’s exciting new acquisition, the costume worn by actor Brenda Blethyn as TV’s eponymous Vera, the North East detective created by author Ann Cleeves.

With bite-size talks on trailblazing engineer Rachel Parsons and wartime wonder Dr Irene Ighodaro, there’ll also be live music, proggy mat making all topped off with a performance by the The Bangshees.

A chance to mingle and meet, or chill and stroll through the museum dipping in and out of activities, to enjoy the museum at night and kick back. 

Featuring

·       Sketch the costume of TV’s Vera, Discovery Museum’s new acquisition

·       Material from Tyne & Wear Archives and object handling 

·       Live music with Kirsty Hall

·       Dr Beverly Prevatt-Goldstein explores the story of Dr Irene Ighodaro

·       Historian Henrietta Heald will give bite-size talks on engineer Rachel Parsons

·       Proggy mat making with Liz from Woodhorn Museum

·       Bring books for a book swap

·       Bar cafe with pizza and nachos available 

Part of the Steam to Green: A North East Energy Revolution adult event programme.