Great North Museum: Hancock
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The planetarium is open. Please buy your tickets at the Museum Shop.
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A spectacular and immersive digital projection mapping experience on amonumental scale.…
Until 31 Aug
Enjoy special events and activities every Wednesday at the museum during thesummer holidays.…
17 Aug
For the fourth week of the summer holidays we are exploring our world throughpatterns and fabric.…
23 Sep
Slow down and experience the relaxing benefits of sound bathing. Then enjoy ahang drum performance by Simon Wood…
16 Dec
We welcome you to the museum to dance, sing and enjoy some lovely festiverefreshments.…
Until 21 Aug
Peer into an enormous virtual petri dish and examine awesome ostracods on a vastscale.…
Until 23 Dec
A huge art installation by Karen MacDougall
Until 1 Jan 2023
Considering the links between objects, art, and medicine.
24 Aug
It’s an ocean themed day at the museum this week and we have lots on to getyour flippers flapping!…
27 Aug
All are welcome to learn about the plants and creatures of the Reserve.
30 Aug
For visitors with autism, learning disabilities or sensory and communicationdisorders, plus their carers and families.…
31 Aug
For the final week of the holidays, we return to all things Roman to continueour Hadrian's Wall 1900 celebrations.…
1 Sep
Carole Raddato travels the globe tracing the Emperor Hadrian's footsteps. Enjoya talk by Carole at the museum.…
6 Sep
A free drop-in coffee morning at the museum. Meet new people, socialise andimprove your wellbeing.…
16 Sep
This is a 3 week series of activities for children under 5.
This session is for pre-crawling babies
17 Sep
Learn how to fix your bike at our free tune-up sessions.
A workshop for UKS2 and KS3.
See a full size T-rex skeleton, real fossils and more.
Learn about mummification and see Egyptian artefacts from The British Museum.
See a full-size model of an elephant, a great white shark and more.
An important collection of Greek and Etruscan art and archaeology.
See an inscription stone proving the Wall was built on orders of Emperor Hadrianand more.…
Objects from around the world.
Pause and enjoy a dramatic reimagining of seven Roman altars in the Hadrian'sWall gallery.…
Discover the natural history of Northumbria.
Discover the stories behind some of the museum’s most-loved objects and thecollectors who brought them here.…
The story of our distant past is told through many wonderful artefacts,including tools, weapons and ancient artwork.…
This new display is all about Eurythenes plasticus, a species discovered byNewcastle University researchers.…
See stunning gems and minerals from around the world.
Here you can see a great selection of precious objects from Northumbria’sglorious past.…
Collections from the Roman Empire.
Great North Nights is our programme of after-hours events at the museum.
An online exhibition created by Newcastle University, English Heritage and theGreat North Museum: Hancock…
700 children's drawings portray some of the world’s most vulnerable species,many of which face extinction.…
The Mouse House is our dedicated space for under 5s and their families
Spin the wheel in six of our permanent galleries and you'll be given a challengeto complete.…
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