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November
2025

A photograph of a dad helping his young daughter with her arts and crafts.

Little Artists

Laing Art Gallery

3 Nov, 7 Nov, 10 Nov, 14 Nov, 24 Nov, 28 Nov, 8 Dec, 12 Dec, 15 Dec, 19 Dec

Interactive art sessions for 1-5 year olds with a different theme each week.
A photograph of a mum and her toddler crafting. The toddler holds a pink metallic ribbon.

Crafty Kids

Shipley Art Gallery

4 Nov, 11 Nov, 18 Nov, 25 Nov, 2 Dec, 9 Dec, 16 Dec

Best suited to 2-5 year olds, but younger children also welcome.
North Tyneside Art Studio

Creative Journey Art Sessions

Stephenson Steam Railway

5 Nov, 12 Nov, 19 Nov, 26 Nov

Led by North Tyneside Art Studio
Fireworks over the River Tyne seen from a viewing tower

Fireworks at the Fort

Segedunum Roman Fort

5 Nov

The spectacular annual fireworks display returns to Segedunum
Two men playing guitar and banjo on a stage

Music in the Café

Woodhorn Museum

5 Nov, 3 Dec

Join Three's a Crowd for a mix of easy listening songs from the 60s and 70s.
Two people standing smiling besides a glass display case in a gallery

Informal English Practice

Shipley Art Gallery

5 Nov, 12 Nov, 19 Nov, 26 Nov, 3 Dec, 10 Dec, 17 Dec

Practice your English inspired by the Shipley Art Gallery and local history.
A child is wearing a paper helmet and smiling at the camera

Step Outdoors - Stay and Play

Segedunum Roman Fort

6 Nov, 13 Nov, 19 Nov, 20 Nov

Free, fun, inclusive activities for children under 5 and their parents/carers
A photograph of a needle felted snowman Christmas decoration hanging on a Christmas tree.

Needle Felting Workshop: Christmas Decorations

Shipley Art Gallery

7 Nov, 21 Nov

Join us for a workshop where you'll make a needle felted snowman or gingerbread man.
Little smiling boy holds up hands to camera

Tiny Sparks!

Discovery Museum

7 Nov, 14 Nov, 21 Nov

For 3-5 year olds
A baby is laying on a sensory mat.

Nurture Nest

Great North Museum: Hancock

7 Nov

A session for babies who haven't learnt to crawl yet.
An exterior view of Great North Museum: Hancock

Around the World Club

Great North Museum: Hancock

8 Nov, 16 Nov

Free multilingual and multicultural activities.
in the Costume Stores with HElen

Stitches in Time: Costume Store Tour

Discovery Museum

13 Nov

Step behind the scenes of the museum and join Helen on a tour of Discovery Museum’s extensive costume stores.
Woman and baby

Curious Crawlers

Great North Museum: Hancock

14 Nov

This session is for babies who are crawling, or pre-walkers who are finding their own unique ways of moving.
A photograph of a girl with long braids and a young boy with short hair doing crafts.

Family Art Class

Shipley Art Gallery

15 Nov, 13 Dec, 10 Jan 2026

Join us for a monthly Saturday art class for 7-12 year olds and their grown ups.
A photograph of a Christmas wreath decorated with dried oranges, pinecones, ribbons, and other decorations.

Fun Floristry: Make a Christmas Wreath

Shipley Art Gallery

15 Nov, 22 Nov, 29 Nov, 6 Dec

Join us to design and make your own fresh Christmas wreath with qualified florist Hollie, of Button Rose Floral Design.
A watercolour of a palazzo with Lake Como in the background.

Watercolour worlds: the vignettes of J.M.W. Turner & Beatrix Potter

Laing Art Gallery

19 Nov

Lizzie Jacklin will explore JMW Turner and Beatrix Potter's approaches to small-scale watercolour vignette.
A baby with an adult

'Baby Week' Event

Great North Museum: Hancock

20 Nov

Try some activities with your little one.
two children exploring Woodhorn Museum

Home Education Day

Woodhorn Museum

20 Nov

Book a workshop to take part in with your child and explore the Museum for the rest of the day for free.
A photograph of a Christmas themed floral arrangement in a wicker basket.

Fun Floristry: make a Christmas basket

Shipley Art Gallery

22 Nov

Join us for a workshop where you'll make a floral arrangement for Christmas.
Fused glass Christmas Decorations

Fused Glass Christmas Decorations with Kimoci Glass

Shipley Art Gallery

22 Nov

Try your hand at fused glass in this workshop with Kimoci Glass.
3 pairs of headphones lying side down on a table next to a sign

Sound Down Sundays

Hexham Old Gaol

23 Nov, 28 Dec

The Gaol has fewer visitors and we turn down the sound in our exhibitions and displays.
Visitors at a public engagement event

Hadrian’s Wall Virtual Focus Day

Great North Museum: Hancock

25 Nov, 26 Nov, 27 Nov

KS2 Virtual event
A toddler with a magnifying glass

Museum Mice

Great North Museum: Hancock

28 Nov, 5 Dec

Play sessions for under 5s at the museum.
twilight

Family Twilight: An antidote to Black Friday

Great North Museum: Hancock

28 Nov

Join us for an unforgettable night of fun, creativity and connection, without having to buy any more stuff.
An adult and child sat at a table drawing together.

Make a Christmas Card

Shipley Art Gallery

29 Nov, 6 Dec

Create a Christmas card or small painting using watercolours and coloured pencils.
Santa holding a scroll, with a cheeky elf to his right wearing black and white

A Canny Christmas Grotto

Discovery Museum

29 Nov, 30 Nov, 4 Dec, 5 Dec, 6 Dec, 7 Dec, 11 Dec, 12 Dec, 13 Dec, 14 Dec, 18 Dec, 19 Dec, 20 Dec, 21 Dec, 22 Dec, 23 Dec

Meet Santa and his black and white elves for some cosy Geordie festive fun
A Christmas table display of greenery and candles.

Christmas Craft Market

Shipley Art Gallery

29 Nov, 6 Dec

Join us for a festive craft market at the Shipley
Santa and his elf on a heritage train.

Elf Express 2025

Stephenson Steam Railway

29 Nov, 30 Nov, 6 Dec, 7 Dec, 13 Dec, 14 Dec, 20 Dec, 21 Dec, 22 Dec

The most magical train ride of the year!
Spirit of the North East: The art of Richard Hobson, a retrospective

Spirit of the North East: The art of Richard Hobson, a retrospective

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 6 Dec

Explore the landscapes, industry and communities of the North
Two watercolours of flowers, orchids on the left and freesias on the right

Nerys Johnson: Disability and Practice

Laing Art Gallery

Until 6 Dec

A new exhibition celebrates the life and work of local artist and curator Nerys Johnson (1942-2001).
Henry Thomas Schafer’s Feeding the Pigeons (1887)

The Art of Conservation

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 6 Dec

Discover the stories behind newly restored artworks
A colourful painting of a child looking into a toyshop window.

Gateshead Art Society Annual Exhibition

Shipley Art Gallery

8 Nov - 20 Dec

Join us for a selling exhibition of work by local artists.
SHOAL Mandy Barker (delete when exhibition finishes Oct 2025)

SHOAL

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 11 Jan 2026

An exhibition featuring 12 photographs by artist Mandy Barker.
Concorde in the 1980s

90 Years Going Further Together

Discovery Museum

Until 11 Jan 2026

Celebrating 90 years of Newcastle International Airport
A detail of 'History'- one of five Heartwood prints created from a disc of the felled Sycamore Gap tree by printmaker Shona Branigan ©National Trust Images The House of Hues.jpg

Heartwood

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 18 Jan 2026

Heartwood captures the essence of the Sycamore Gap tree and the impression it left on those who connected with it.
Two people stand in the forest. One points a light at the other.

Some Kind of Love: Actions and Reactions to Living on a Damaged Planet

Hatton Gallery

Until 24 Jan 2026

Award winning artist Uta Kögelsberger explores humanity’s relationship with nature.
The Windy Pick, Oil on Canvas, 2019 

Bob Olley Artwork Raffle

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 29 Jan 2026

Support us for a chance to win
Landscape painting showing wooded scene

Miniature Worlds: Little Landscapes from Thomas Bewick to Beatrix Potter

Laing Art Gallery

Until 28 Feb 2026

Miniature Worlds explores the intricate beauty of small-scale landscapes across three centuries of British art.
Black and white photo of street with terraced housing leading to shipbuilding yard and cranes

Streets Above

Segedunum Roman Fort

Until 28 Feb 2026

Photographs of the roads and buildings that covered Roman Wallsend
Textile showing a hare eating fruit

Collecting the Past

Segedunum Roman Fort

Until 28 Feb 2026

The world under one roof
Claude Monet (1840- 1926), The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil, 1872, Oil on canvas © The National Gallery, London

Coming Soon: National Gallery’s Masterpiece Tour

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 25 Mar 2026

From 17 January 2026
Two kids doing a museum trail

New Museum Trail: Big Beasts, Little Beasts

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 2 Apr 2026

A new family trail that invites you to explore the museum and its collections.
montage of old photos showing South Asian women

اپنی آواز Our Voice

Discovery Museum

Until 31 May 2026

Discover inspiring real-life stories from South Asian women who made Tyneside their home
NISSAN Leaf EV car

Steam to Green: A North East Energy Revolution

Discovery Museum

Until 6 Sep 2026

Discovery Museum's exhibition and event programme exploring the story of energy in the North East
Image of Metro station poste with women looking on in interest with phone

Sound Archive: Metro installations

Tyne & Wear Archives

Until 1 Oct 2026

Art installations at Jarrow and Chichester metro stations inspired by sound archives
An oil painting of people selling flowers on the left and a mother and young daughter on the right.

Picture of the month

Laing Art Gallery

Until 31 Dec 2026

Join us for a talk from the Friends of the Laing

December
2025

A photograph of a mum and her toddler crafting. The toddler holds a pink metallic ribbon.

Crafty Kids

Shipley Art Gallery

4 Nov, 11 Nov, 18 Nov, 25 Nov, 2 Dec, 9 Dec, 16 Dec

Best suited to 2-5 year olds, but younger children also welcome.
Two people standing smiling besides a glass display case in a gallery

Informal English Practice

Shipley Art Gallery

5 Nov, 12 Nov, 19 Nov, 26 Nov, 3 Dec, 10 Dec, 17 Dec

Practice your English inspired by the Shipley Art Gallery and local history.
Two men playing guitar and banjo on a stage

Music in the Café

Woodhorn Museum

5 Nov, 3 Dec

Join Three's a Crowd for a mix of easy listening songs from the 60s and 70s.
Santa holding a scroll, with a cheeky elf to his right wearing black and white

A Canny Christmas Grotto

Discovery Museum

29 Nov, 30 Nov, 4 Dec, 5 Dec, 6 Dec, 7 Dec, 11 Dec, 12 Dec, 13 Dec, 14 Dec, 18 Dec, 19 Dec, 20 Dec, 21 Dec, 22 Dec, 23 Dec

Meet Santa and his black and white elves for some cosy Geordie festive fun
A toddler with a magnifying glass

Museum Mice

Great North Museum: Hancock

28 Nov, 5 Dec

Play sessions for under 5s at the museum.
Once Upon a Christmas at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery with the Holly King and the Ivy Queen seated on a throne

Once Upon a Christmas – Relaxed Session

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

6 Dec

A relaxed session with The Holly King and Ivy Queen
Once Upon a Christmas at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery with the Holly King and the Ivy Queen seated on a throne

Once Upon a Christmas

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

6 Dec, 13 Dec, 20 Dec

Celebrate Christmas with The Holly King and Ivy Queen
Spirit of the North East: The art of Richard Hobson, a retrospective

Spirit of the North East: The art of Richard Hobson, a retrospective

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 6 Dec

Explore the landscapes, industry and communities of the North
candles in commander's house

Candlelit Tours

Arbeia, South Shields Roman Fort

6 Dec

Find out how the Romans lit up their homes
A Christmas table display of greenery and candles.

Christmas Craft Market

Shipley Art Gallery

29 Nov, 6 Dec

Join us for a festive craft market at the Shipley
Children sat in front of a seating Santa as he reads to them at Woodhorn Museum

Festive Tales

Woodhorn Museum

6 Dec, 7 Dec, 13 Dec, 14 Dec, 20 Dec, 21 Dec, 22 Dec, 23 Dec, 24 Dec

Experience the magic of Christmas with Festive Tales – a heartwarming event where children meet Father Christmas.
Two watercolours of flowers, orchids on the left and freesias on the right

Nerys Johnson: Disability and Practice

Laing Art Gallery

Until 6 Dec

A new exhibition celebrates the life and work of local artist and curator Nerys Johnson (1942-2001).
Henry Thomas Schafer’s Feeding the Pigeons (1887)

The Art of Conservation

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 6 Dec

Discover the stories behind newly restored artworks
boy painting onto canvas

Saturday Art Classes for 10-15 year olds

Laing Art Gallery

6 Dec

An inclusive art class every month
A photograph of a Christmas wreath decorated with dried oranges, pinecones, ribbons, and other decorations.

Fun Floristry: Make a Christmas Wreath

Shipley Art Gallery

15 Nov, 22 Nov, 29 Nov, 6 Dec

Join us to design and make your own fresh Christmas wreath with qualified florist Hollie, of Button Rose Floral Design.
Santa and his elf on a heritage train.

Elf Express 2025

Stephenson Steam Railway

29 Nov, 30 Nov, 6 Dec, 7 Dec, 13 Dec, 14 Dec, 20 Dec, 21 Dec, 22 Dec

The most magical train ride of the year!
Children sat in front of a seating Santa as he reads to them at Woodhorn Museum

Festive Tales Relaxed Sessions

Woodhorn Museum

6 Dec, 7 Dec, 13 Dec, 14 Dec, 20 Dec, 21 Dec, 22 Dec, 23 Dec, 24 Dec

Enjoy the magic of Christmas in a calmer setting with Festive Tales Relaxed Sessions.
Baubles on a Christmas tree

Father Christmas at Hexham Old Gaol 2025

Hexham Old Gaol

6 Dec, 7 Dec, 13 Dec, 14 Dec, 20 Dec, 21 Dec, 22 Dec, 23 Dec

Don't miss your chance to meet Father Christmas in a magnificent medieval tower.
An adult and child sat at a table drawing together.

Make a Christmas Card

Shipley Art Gallery

29 Nov, 6 Dec

Create a Christmas card or small painting using watercolours and coloured pencils.
Santa holding a scroll, with a cheeky elf to his right wearing black and white

A Canny Christmas Grotto – Relaxed Session

Discovery Museum

7 Dec

Relaxed Sessions offer a calm and welcoming environment for visitors with special educational needs and disabilities.
A photograph of a dad helping his young daughter with her arts and crafts.

Little Artists

Laing Art Gallery

3 Nov, 7 Nov, 10 Nov, 14 Nov, 24 Nov, 28 Nov, 8 Dec, 12 Dec, 15 Dec, 19 Dec

Interactive art sessions for 1-5 year olds with a different theme each week.
An exterior view of Great North Museum: Hancock

Teacher's night at the museum

Great North Museum: Hancock

9 Dec

Teachers! come and meet museums and cultural organisations from all over the region.
The exterior of the Great North Museum: Hancock

Home Educators Marketplace

Great North Museum: Hancock

9 Dec

A space for Home Educated families to find out what they can take part in around region.
A floral bouquet with a variety of colourful flowers.

Floristry Workshop: Make a Festive Centrepiece

Shipley Art Gallery

13 Dec

Make your own festive floral arrangement to decorate your table this Christmas season.
A photograph of a girl with long braids and a young boy with short hair doing crafts.

Family Art Class

Shipley Art Gallery

15 Nov, 13 Dec, 10 Jan 2026

Join us for a monthly Saturday art class for 7-12 year olds and their grown ups.
A colourful painting of a child looking into a toyshop window.

Gateshead Art Society Annual Exhibition

Shipley Art Gallery

8 Nov - 20 Dec

Join us for a selling exhibition of work by local artists.
An elf with two t-rex dinos

The Great Dinosaur Christmas Show – Relaxed Session

Great North Museum: Hancock

20 Dec, 21 Dec, 22 Dec, 23 Dec, 27 Dec, 28 Dec, 29 Dec, 30 Dec, 31 Dec 2025

Relaxed Sessions offer a calm and welcoming environment for visitors with special educational needs and disabilities.
An elf with two t-rex dinos

The Great Dinosaur Christmas Show

Great North Museum: Hancock

20 Dec, 21 Dec, 22 Dec, 23 Dec, 27 Dec, 28 Dec, 29 Dec, 30 Dec, 31 Dec 2025

Step into a Prehistoric Winter Wonderland this festive season.
A family in the living planet gallery

Relaxed Early Opening

Great North Museum: Hancock

23 Dec, 30 Dec

Enjoy early access to the Great North Museum: Hancock for a quieter, more relaxed experience.
Red steam locomotive pulling passenger carriages on snow covered railway

Winter Warmers

Stephenson Steam Railway

27 Dec, 28 Dec

Beat the post-Christmas blues with a journey on a heritage train.
3 pairs of headphones lying side down on a table next to a sign

Sound Down Sundays

Hexham Old Gaol

23 Nov, 28 Dec

The Gaol has fewer visitors and we turn down the sound in our exhibitions and displays.
SHOAL Mandy Barker (delete when exhibition finishes Oct 2025)

SHOAL

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 11 Jan 2026

An exhibition featuring 12 photographs by artist Mandy Barker.
Concorde in the 1980s

90 Years Going Further Together

Discovery Museum

Until 11 Jan 2026

Celebrating 90 years of Newcastle International Airport
A detail of 'History'- one of five Heartwood prints created from a disc of the felled Sycamore Gap tree by printmaker Shona Branigan ©National Trust Images The House of Hues.jpg

Heartwood

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 18 Jan 2026

Heartwood captures the essence of the Sycamore Gap tree and the impression it left on those who connected with it.
Two people stand in the forest. One points a light at the other.

Some Kind of Love: Actions and Reactions to Living on a Damaged Planet

Hatton Gallery

Until 24 Jan 2026

Award winning artist Uta Kögelsberger explores humanity’s relationship with nature.
The Windy Pick, Oil on Canvas, 2019 

Bob Olley Artwork Raffle

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 29 Jan 2026

Support us for a chance to win
Landscape painting showing wooded scene

Miniature Worlds: Little Landscapes from Thomas Bewick to Beatrix Potter

Laing Art Gallery

Until 28 Feb 2026

Miniature Worlds explores the intricate beauty of small-scale landscapes across three centuries of British art.
Black and white photo of street with terraced housing leading to shipbuilding yard and cranes

Streets Above

Segedunum Roman Fort

Until 28 Feb 2026

Photographs of the roads and buildings that covered Roman Wallsend
Textile showing a hare eating fruit

Collecting the Past

Segedunum Roman Fort

Until 28 Feb 2026

The world under one roof
Claude Monet (1840- 1926), The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil, 1872, Oil on canvas © The National Gallery, London

Coming Soon: National Gallery’s Masterpiece Tour

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 25 Mar 2026

From 17 January 2026
Two kids doing a museum trail

New Museum Trail: Big Beasts, Little Beasts

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 2 Apr 2026

A new family trail that invites you to explore the museum and its collections.
montage of old photos showing South Asian women

اپنی آواز Our Voice

Discovery Museum

Until 31 May 2026

Discover inspiring real-life stories from South Asian women who made Tyneside their home
NISSAN Leaf EV car

Steam to Green: A North East Energy Revolution

Discovery Museum

Until 6 Sep 2026

Discovery Museum's exhibition and event programme exploring the story of energy in the North East
Image of Metro station poste with women looking on in interest with phone

Sound Archive: Metro installations

Tyne & Wear Archives

Until 1 Oct 2026

Art installations at Jarrow and Chichester metro stations inspired by sound archives
An oil painting of people selling flowers on the left and a mother and young daughter on the right.

Picture of the month

Laing Art Gallery

Until 31 Dec 2026

Join us for a talk from the Friends of the Laing

January
2026

A photograph of a girl with long braids and a young boy with short hair doing crafts.

Family Art Class

Shipley Art Gallery

15 Nov, 13 Dec, 10 Jan 2026

Join us for a monthly Saturday art class for 7-12 year olds and their grown ups.
SHOAL Mandy Barker (delete when exhibition finishes Oct 2025)

SHOAL

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 11 Jan 2026

An exhibition featuring 12 photographs by artist Mandy Barker.
Concorde in the 1980s

90 Years Going Further Together

Discovery Museum

Until 11 Jan 2026

Celebrating 90 years of Newcastle International Airport
A detail of 'History'- one of five Heartwood prints created from a disc of the felled Sycamore Gap tree by printmaker Shona Branigan ©National Trust Images The House of Hues.jpg

Heartwood

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 18 Jan 2026

Heartwood captures the essence of the Sycamore Gap tree and the impression it left on those who connected with it.
Two people stand in the forest. One points a light at the other.

Some Kind of Love: Actions and Reactions to Living on a Damaged Planet

Hatton Gallery

Until 24 Jan 2026

Award winning artist Uta Kögelsberger explores humanity’s relationship with nature.
Marcus Curtius

Curator talk: Miniature Worlds

Laing Art Gallery

28 Jan 2026

Lizzie Jacklin will give insight into how the Miniature Worlds exhibition was brought together.
The Windy Pick, Oil on Canvas, 2019 

Bob Olley Artwork Raffle

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 29 Jan 2026

Support us for a chance to win
Landscape painting showing wooded scene

Miniature Worlds: Little Landscapes from Thomas Bewick to Beatrix Potter

Laing Art Gallery

Until 28 Feb 2026

Miniature Worlds explores the intricate beauty of small-scale landscapes across three centuries of British art.
Black and white photo of street with terraced housing leading to shipbuilding yard and cranes

Streets Above

Segedunum Roman Fort

Until 28 Feb 2026

Photographs of the roads and buildings that covered Roman Wallsend
Textile showing a hare eating fruit

Collecting the Past

Segedunum Roman Fort

Until 28 Feb 2026

The world under one roof
Claude Monet (1840- 1926), The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil, 1872, Oil on canvas © The National Gallery, London

Coming Soon: National Gallery’s Masterpiece Tour

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 25 Mar 2026

From 17 January 2026
Two kids doing a museum trail

New Museum Trail: Big Beasts, Little Beasts

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 2 Apr 2026

A new family trail that invites you to explore the museum and its collections.
montage of old photos showing South Asian women

اپنی آواز Our Voice

Discovery Museum

Until 31 May 2026

Discover inspiring real-life stories from South Asian women who made Tyneside their home
NISSAN Leaf EV car

Steam to Green: A North East Energy Revolution

Discovery Museum

Until 6 Sep 2026

Discovery Museum's exhibition and event programme exploring the story of energy in the North East
Image of Metro station poste with women looking on in interest with phone

Sound Archive: Metro installations

Tyne & Wear Archives

Until 1 Oct 2026

Art installations at Jarrow and Chichester metro stations inspired by sound archives
An oil painting of people selling flowers on the left and a mother and young daughter on the right.

Picture of the month

Laing Art Gallery

Until 31 Dec 2026

Join us for a talk from the Friends of the Laing

February
2026

Landscape painting showing wooded scene

Miniature Worlds: Little Landscapes from Thomas Bewick to Beatrix Potter

Laing Art Gallery

Until 28 Feb 2026

Miniature Worlds explores the intricate beauty of small-scale landscapes across three centuries of British art.
Black and white photo of street with terraced housing leading to shipbuilding yard and cranes

Streets Above

Segedunum Roman Fort

Until 28 Feb 2026

Photographs of the roads and buildings that covered Roman Wallsend
Textile showing a hare eating fruit

Collecting the Past

Segedunum Roman Fort

Until 28 Feb 2026

The world under one roof
Claude Monet (1840- 1926), The Petit Bras of the Seine at Argenteuil, 1872, Oil on canvas © The National Gallery, London

Coming Soon: National Gallery’s Masterpiece Tour

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Until 25 Mar 2026

From 17 January 2026
Two kids doing a museum trail

New Museum Trail: Big Beasts, Little Beasts

Great North Museum: Hancock

Until 2 Apr 2026

A new family trail that invites you to explore the museum and its collections.
montage of old photos showing South Asian women

اپنی آواز Our Voice

Discovery Museum

Until 31 May 2026

Discover inspiring real-life stories from South Asian women who made Tyneside their home
NISSAN Leaf EV car

Steam to Green: A North East Energy Revolution

Discovery Museum

Until 6 Sep 2026

Discovery Museum's exhibition and event programme exploring the story of energy in the North East
Image of Metro station poste with women looking on in interest with phone

Sound Archive: Metro installations

Tyne & Wear Archives

Until 1 Oct 2026

Art installations at Jarrow and Chichester metro stations inspired by sound archives
An oil painting of people selling flowers on the left and a mother and young daughter on the right.

Picture of the month

Laing Art Gallery

Until 31 Dec 2026

Join us for a talk from the Friends of the Laing

Always on show

100 Years of Collecting

100 Years of Collecting

Laing Art Gallery

Permanent

A long-term display of paintings and objects from the Laing's collection, from the 15th century to the present day.
Wall in Motion display

Wall in Motion display

Great North Museum: Hancock

Permanent

A spectacular and immersive digital projection mapping experience on a monumental scale.