News (page 5)
23 October 2023
200 days before its 200th birthday, the National Gallery shares details of ‘National Treasures’ exhibitions across the UK – including J.M.W. Turner’s ‘The Fighting Temeraire’ at Newcastle’s Laing Art Gallery
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The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle will be mounting a major exhibition with Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire (1839) as the centrepiece, exploring themes of industry and nostalgia, with education and outreach workshops contributing to an intergenerational project thinking about memory and heritage.
20 October 2023
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums seeks a new Audit Committee Chair and Independent Member
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM), which manages nine museums and galleries across Tyneside and the Archives for Tyne & Wear, is seeking a new Chair and a new Independent Member to join its Audit Committee.
05 October 2023
Ways to play - October half-term 2023 events at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
At a time when everyone is conscious of rising costs, Tyneside’s museums are continuing their award-winning partnership with Tyne and Wear Metro to offer a range of high quality, low-cost family events this October half-term.
25 August 2023
Matt Rugg: Connecting Form
Connecting Form is the first major retrospective of the work of Matt Rugg (1935 – 2020), a highly regarded British sculptor and teacher who was at the forefront of radical changes in art education in the UK during the last three decades of the 20th century.
14 August 2023
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25 July 2023
Curators seek Tyneside people who use electric cars, solar panels or heat pumps for new exhibition
Curators at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum are seeking Tyneside people who use an electric car, have solar panels on their home, or have an air source heat pump installed, to feature in the museum’s next exhibition.
24 July 2023
Museums, Health & Social Care Symposium - speakers and workshops announced
Update - 11 August 2023: We regret that the Museums, Health & Social Care Symposium has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. Ticketholders have been contacted and will receive a full refund. We are looking to reschedule the event to spring 2024, with details announced on the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums website in due course.
20 July 2023
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums wins ‘Uniquely North East Award’ at Charity Awards
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM), the organisation that manages some of the most popular venues in the region, won the Uniquely North East award at last night’s North East Charity Awards.
11 July 2023
Ways to Play is back for summer
This summer families are invited to enjoy a great value day out across museums and galleries on Tyneside.
10 July 2023
Journalist and former MP appointed Chair of regional museum group
Chris Mullin new Chair of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Strategic Board
28 June 2023
Great North Museum: Hancock shortlisted for national Family Friendly Museum Award
The Great North Museum: Hancock is vying against four other museums in the Best Medium Museum Award category.
27 June 2023
Rarely seen works on show in Hatton Gallery for a limited time
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'Works on Paper' which will run for a limited time from Saturday 1 July 2023 - Saturday 5 August 2023, consists of extremely light-sensitive works on paper from the sixteenth century to the present day.
12 June 2023
Museums, Health & Social Care Symposium – early bird tickets on sale
Update - 11 August 2023: We regret that the Museums, Health & Social Care Symposium has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. Ticketholders have been contacted and will receive a full refund. We are looking to reschedule the event to spring 2024, with details announced on the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums website in due course.
06 June 2023
Celebrating Refugee Week 2023 in Newcastle and Gateshead
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM) has worked alongside local organisations to bring together a programme of free activities, with highlights including circus, theatre, art and creative writing workshops.
25 May 2023
North East links to Indentured Indian labour now on permanent display at Discovery Museum
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A new permanent display in the Story of the Tyne gallery at Discovery Museum which explores the North East region’s links to Indian Indentureship is now on display.
19 May 2023
Ways to Play – May half-term events at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
This May half-term, families are invited to enjoy a great value day out across museums and galleries on Tyneside.
18 May 2023
Stephenson Steam Railway Launches Crowdfund Campaign.
Stephenson Steam Railway Museum launch crowdfund campaign to redevelop an area of unused scrub land, into a haven for wildlife and a place where the local community can connect with nature.
15 May 2023
Tyneside prepares for a big weekend of late-night culture
The Late Shows – Tyneside’s annual free after-hours culture crawl – returns for its 15th edition this weekend, on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 May.
10 May 2023
Countdown begins for ‘National Treasure’ J.M.W Turner painting to go on display
It is exactly one year until Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire (1839) will be on public display at Newcastle’s Laing Art Gallery, from 10 May until 7 September 2024.
18 April 2023
Inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels
The exhibition, Inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, has been created by a group of talented amateur calligraphers, who are part of two groups who meet weekly at Mortimer Community Centre in South Shields.
