The Butterfly Wall

Something beautiful is unfolding... and you can help it take flight

We’re getting ready to unveil a new Butterfly Wall in our Café and soon you’ll be able to choose an illustrated butterfly and personalise it with a message.  

As a Butterfly Supporter, your donation will have a huge impact on the museum, helping us to: 

  • Care for our amazing natural history and archaeology collections  
  • Create and host exhibitions that raise awareness of important issues that impact the natural and cultural world 
  • Ignite the imaginations of children and young people through our award-winning learning programmes 
  • Offer a warm welcome and engaging experience for all visitors.

More information coming soon.

Images courtesy of the Natural History Society of Northumbria. Hewitson, W. C., and Saunders, W. W., Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson (London: John Van Voorst, 1856).