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Trustee, Angela Watt, went to visit the 'Journeys Project' exhibition, launched by NIHR BTRU in Organ Donation and Transplantation A moving event highlighting the different experiences of organ donation and transplantation. 💜 Well done to all involved 👏 Great North Museum: Hancock Angela Watt



#ReliefWednesday From water tank, featuring a rather grumpy Venus bathing in stream attended by nymphs holding her towel and fresh water. From High Rochester Fort - #Roman Bremenium, place of the roaring stream. Built on Hadrian's wall/Dere St for border control. Great North Museum: Hancock


Pete Savin Great North Museum: Hancock That model of the entire Wall is worth visiting just on its own! Loved the altar projections too.


Brilliant day in Great North Museum: Hancock running our 7th #Voicefortheocean Marine Conservation Society youth event in Newcastle 💙🌊🐚 Lots of fun conversations &new friends made. Always nice being back to my roots in a museum! 😍 #youthvoice #marineconservation


Can't get to the Great North Museum: Hancock to see the Journeys exhibition in person? No problem at all, you can view both the zine foundationpress.org/read/journeys-… and the exhibition space online odt.btru.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved/g…


Spring into music!🌷🎶Only a week until the Newcastle University Symphony Orchestra fills the Great North Museum: Hancock with Beethoven's Fourth Symphony. Grab your £3 tickets (+ booking fee) for Wed 19 March, before they're gone! Find out more and book - bit.ly/3R5WMuN


. Get Into Newcastle business breakfast today Great North Museum: Hancock - with updates on Super League The Late Shows and North East Museums branding. Excellent work as ever from our fantastic catering and hospitality teams


We had a brilliant morning yesterday at NE1’s March Business Breakfast, hosted at the incredible Great North Museum: Hancock – in amongst the exhibitions, a stunning and unique setting. Thank you to everyone who joined us - we look forward to seeing you at the next one!


Great to see Great North Museum: Hancock and Discovery Museum getting ready for Saturday’s Newcastle United Victory Parade with free drop in trails and crafts for families and items on loan from Wor Flags 🏴🏳 and our North East Museums collections including Jackie Milburn’s shirt from 1951 at Discovery!


There is still time to see the Journeys exhibition Great North Museum: Hancock. We are so proud of this project, it highlights the very complex experiences of everyone affected by organ donation & transplantation, visualised through maps and objects. Don't miss it! Newcastle University EngageFMS@NclUni

💥Changes to Newcastle Puppetry Festival Saturday 19 April. Due to roadworks on Northumberland St, 'Beasts on the Street' will become ‘Beasts on the Green’ & move outside Great North Museum: Hancock 11am - 4pm. 'Toon Underground Parade' will move to Exhibition Park 2pm. movingpartsarts.com



Fantastic to look back at thousands of years of history at Great North Museum: Hancock today, including a tombstone of Aurelia Aureliana, mid-3rd century, found in the Roman cemetery at Gallows Hill #Carlisle


Explore plans from the Sir Terry Farrell Archive in this digital exhibition 'Making a Museum' which looks into the Great North Museum: Hancock 's building design speccollstories.ncl.ac.uk/the-making-of-… #archivebuildings @archive30 ARA Scotland


The Late Shows return this month! Co-ordinated by North East Museums & sponsored by Creative Central NCL & Stagecoach. Venues, galleries & studios will stay open late. Frid 16 May - Ouseburn (6 -10.30pm). Sat 17 May - Gateshead (6pm -10pm) & Newcastle (6-10.30pm). thelateshows.org.uk/2025


A GREAT day out for Pennyman Primary Academy children & staff Great North Museum: Hancock as part of our SHINE project work with teacher Sean Harris FCCT We have been learning about misconceptions and barriers to accessing museums! Thank you for hosting us #LetTeachersShine


I was really pleased to take part in the launch of Time Odyssey today at British Museum. Even better to be doing it alongside Schools Minister and North East MP, Catherine McKinnell MP, already a big supporter of the work we are doing at North East Museums.


Chilled-out Bank Holiday vibe at Great North Museum: Hancock today as people enjoy he immersive Blossom installation from National Trust and Novak.
