News (page 11)
11 February 2020
Volunteer for the Late Shows 2020
Applications are now open to volunteer as a steward on the evenings of Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May.
05 February 2020
Great North Museum: Hancock awarded £24,000 grant by Sir James Knott Trust
The three-year award of £8,000 per annum will be used to create 12 interactive museum displays aimed at children aged 5-7 years old.
03 February 2020
80 British Museum objects headed for Great North Museum as part of Ancient Iraq exhibition
Ancient Iraq: new discoveries runs at the Great North Museum: Hancock from 7 March – 2 August 2020
09 January 2020
Calling all venues for the Late Shows 2020
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Find out more about taking part in this year's event.
17 December 2019
Arts Council England awards TWAM £35,000 to support Designated collections
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums in Newcastle, Vindolanda Trust in Hexham and Durham University are among the 28 successful collections from across the country to be awarded Designation Development funding.
20 November 2019
TWAM says thanks to National Lottery players with series of events and offers
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM) has announced a series of special events and offers for National Lottery players between 23 November and 1 December 2019.
05 November 2019
Durham clothing supplier helps to brighten up winter events
A North East workwear supplier has donated a set of all-weather high-visibility jackets to keep staff from North Tyneside museums warm and dry during winter events.
23 October 2019
North East heavy metal fan stories sought for upcoming podcast series
Producers from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM) are calling on fans to share their stories, memories and photographs of heavy metal in the North East from 1978-1988.
14 October 2019
Great North Museum: Hancock wins Best Medium Museum at the Family Friendly Museum Awards 2019
Newcastle University’s Great North Museum: Hancock has won the Medium Museum category at the Family Friendly Museum Awards 2019.
07 October 2019
Dippy the Dinosaur says farewell to Newcastle following record-breaking stay
The museum welcomed 304,117 visitors during the period, an increase of 51% on average when compared with the previous decade.
12 September 2019
Last chance to see Dippy after bumper summer at Great North Museum: Hancock
Dippy the Dinosaur has boosted Newcastle University’s Great North Museum: Hancock to its best summer visitor figures in a decade.
04 September 2019
Expression of Interest
TWAM is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of a CRM system
11 August 2019
Exhibition marks Professor Brian Shefton's centenary
A new display has opened at Newcastle University’s Great North Museum: Hancock to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Professor Brian B. Shefton.
19 July 2019
Creative Green Award
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums wins Best Creative Group at the Creative Green Awards
24 June 2019
Catering opportunity with TWAM Enterprises Ltd
TWAM Enterprises Ltd is seeking expressions of interest for the provision of catering at three of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums award-winning attractions.
18 June 2019
Great North Museum: Hancock shortlisted for national Family Friendly Museum Award
Newcastle University’s Great North Museum: Hancock has been shortlisted for the prestigious Family Friendly Museum Award.
10 April 2019
North East awarded funding to develop creative learning opportunities with Tyneside schools
Two leading North East arts and cultural organisations, The Forge and Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, have been awarded funding by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation through their Teacher Development Fund.
25 March 2019
MP praised achievements of local schoolchildren at Discovery Museum’s New Inventors Showcase
Year four pupils from Wingrove Primary School in Fenham, Newcastle presented their invention ideas in front of an audience, which included Member of Parliament for Newcastle Central, Chi Onwurah, and local councillor, Jamie Driscoll alongside science and engineering professionals, at Discovery Museum on Friday 1 March.
11 March 2019
Win an exclusive behind the scenes experience with Dippy the Dinosaur
A lucky raffle winner will get the chance to go behind the scenes with the Natural History Museum team as they install Dippy the Dinosaur at the Great North Museum: Hancock this May.
22 February 2019
Archaeological report published for Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend
28 years of findings published from the Roman fort at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall, Wallsend in North Tyneside
