Take a listen to the Coal Face podcast 🎙 In the first episode, author Dr Louise Powell speaks to five fascinating people who talk about the triumphs and the tragedies of their extraordinary ancestors. Episodes will be released weekly, listen here 👇 tinyurl.com/2nn8dpxt

Planning on visiting Coal Face? Here’s everything you need to know: 🕰 Monday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm 🎟 Free entry 📅 Until 15 March 2025 Coal Face is an exhibition of film and tintype portraiture from Andy Martin (Andy Martin) and poetry from Dr Louise Powell.

Take a listen to the next episode of the Coal Face podcast 🎙 In the second episode, author Dr Louise Powell speaks to five fascinating people who talk about what it was like to live alongside a miner – or to go ‘down the pit’ yourself. Take a listen 👇 tinyurl.com/yfmr57uj

📣 Visitor Notice 📣 The Pottery Gallery will be closed from today, Friday 14 February, to Wednesday 19 February for maintenance. We apologise for any disappointment caused.

We have a variety of family activities coming up for February Half Term: 🖍️ Canny Coal Crafts: 24 February: Free 🦔 Half Term Hedgehogs: 26 February: Free 🎨 Creative Coal Faces: 28 February: £2 per child 📝 Canny Coal Trail: Daily: £1 per trail sunderlandmuseum.org.uk

This February, Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival is back and bigger than ever! Celebrating young creative talent with an exciting programme of free events, exhibitions, activities and workshops for young people aged 11 – 19. For more details 👇 sunderlandculture.org.uk/bright-lights-…

Our latest exhibition Coal Face is open until Saturday 15 March. In Coal Face, Dr Louise Powell and Andy Martin create a compelling narrative through a dialogue between word and image about working life in Sunderland’s mines – and what it means to have seen the collieries close.

Thinking ahead to half term on Saturday? We have lots of free family activities for everyone to enjoy! 🖍️ Canny Coal Crafts: 24 February 🦔 Half Term Hedgehogs: 26 February 🎒 Canny Coal Family Backpacks: Monday to Saturday Plan your visit at sunderlandmuseum.org.uk

Take a listen to the next episode of the Coal Face podcast 🎙 In the third episode, ‘Legacy’, author Dr Louise Powell speaks to five fascinating people who talk about growing up during the Miners’ Strike and present-day life as a descendant of miners. tinyurl.com/3t88px3b

Enjoyed visiting Coal Face? Why not pick up an exhibition souvenir from the Museum Shop. The Museum Shop stocks a range of Coal Face inspired products, including the exhibition catalogue. Coal Face is open until Saturday 15 March. Discover more at sunderlandmuseum.org.uk

We are delighted that Sunderland UK has secured £488,000 grant funding from Arts Council England towards vital repairs to our iconic Winter Gardens. The funding will help safeguard the future of the beloved green oasis in the heart of the city centre 👇 orlo.uk/N0akI

Pick up our Canny Coal Trail for £1 over Half Term. Follow the trail to discover amazing facts about coal mining in Sunderland and what made coal mining communities so wonderfully close and connected. Find out more at sunderlandmuseum.org.uk

We have a variety of different sessions coming up next week: 🖍 History Mondays: Canny Coal Crafts: 24 February: Free 🦔 Half Term Hedgehogs: 26 February: Free 🎨 Creative Coal Faces: 28 February: £2 per child, pre-booking recommended Discover more at sunderlandmuseum.org.uk

Head along to our History Mondays session today and learn about the lives of coal miners and their families as we explore objects from the past. 📆 Monday 24 February 🕰 11am – 12.30pm and 1.30pm – 3pm 🎫 Free, drop-in 📌 sunderlandmuseum.org.uk

Join our Creative Coal Faces session later this week and create your own amazing portraits of miners and their families inspired by Coal Face. 📆 Friday 28 February 🕰 11am, 1pm and 2:30pm 🎫 £2 per child, pre-booking recommended 📌 sunderlandmuseum.org.uk

‘Play The Museum’ was a big success! 🤩✨ We took our young musicians for a very exciting session at the Sunderland Museum, lead by musician Grace Stubbings, to learn about recording/sampling sounds from items, spaces, instruments and how to create soundscapes!

Pick up one of our free Family Backpacks to help you explore our Coal Face exhibition. Each backpack is full of sensory objects and activities. Backpacks can be collected from 10am – 4pm, Monday – Saturday.

Really looking forward to chatting to Kathy Hoyle. 📚🖋🍀 on Saturday at 1pm about my poetry for the COAL FACE Exhibition at this free event Sunderland Museum. We'll be discussing dialect, verbatim poetry & why it's important to preserve stories about NE heritage: sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/coal-…

⭐️ Exciting news! Next week we’re taking part in Big Give’s Arts for Impact campaign. Save the date, spread the word and help us improve wellbeing through creativity. Find out more 👉 sunderlandculture.org.uk/BigGive #ArtsForImpact

🔔 Our Big Give #ArtsforImpact campaign is live! Can you help us raise £10,000 to improve people’s wellbeing through creativity? Your donation will fund creative projects that bring joy and connection to people at risk of loneliness. 👉 sunderlandculture.org.uk/BigGive