News (page 6)

05 January 2023

Expert led Early Years events for babies and toddlers in Newcastle and Gateshead

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Want to introduce your baby to the wonders of an art gallery or inspire your toddler at a museum?

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20 December 2022

2023 exhibition and event highlights

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Coming up at Tyneside museums and galleries

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13 December 2022

The Late Shows 2023

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NewcastleGateshead’s annual culture crawl will return on 19 & 20 May 2023

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06 December 2022

Double award win for Museum and Metro partnership

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Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums and Nexus have won two awards for their partnership providing great value days out for families

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22 November 2022

Help us raise £12,000 to support the people in our region who need it most

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The money will help provide enriching museum activities for isolated older people living in care, local families and refugees.

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01 November 2022

TWAM receives £24,980 grant from Peter Sowerby Foundation

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Grant will support heritage activities for older people in residential or clinical care settings.

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24 October 2022

UK's leading family law practice extends support of Tyneside's museums

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Stowe Family Law to sponsor museums for second year

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20 October 2022

Ways to Play - October Half-Term

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This October half-term, TWAM is teaming up again with the Tyne & Wear Metro to offer fun, value-for-money days out for families across Tyneside

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03 October 2022

Royal Grammar School (RGS) supports Lindisfarne Gospels Learning programme

Detailed patterned illistrations from the Gospel of St John page in the Lindisfarne Gospels
The programme will engage 15,000 school children

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03 October 2022

Being Human Festival events announced in Newcastle and Gateshead

An exciting programme of events has been announced across NewcastleGateshead as part of this year’s Being Human Festival.

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09 September 2022

Her Majesty The Queen (1926 – 2022)

A black and white head and shoulders photograph by Dorothy Wilding, titled 'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II'. Series no. 711. 1950s
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums is saddened to hear of the death of HM The Queen and our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family at this time.

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04 September 2022

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums launches new membership scheme

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TWAM is offering people who support its museums and galleries a host of additional benefits as part of a new membership scheme.

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30 August 2022

The Cuthbert Cycling Challenge 2022

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An epic 8 day, 540 mile cycle pilgrimage to raise vital funds for our educational outreach programme.

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02 August 2022

These are Our Treasures opens at the Laing Art Gallery

Display cases in the marble hall at the Laing Art Gallery showing different objects
In collaboration with artist Ruth Ewan

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26 July 2022

Partnership provides great value family days out across the region

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TWAM and Tyne and Wear Metro working together

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20 July 2022

New exhibition highlights stories of women and people of colour on Tyneside during Second World War

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A new Second World War exhibition exploring recently uncovered stories of women on Tyneside and people who came to Tyneside from the African and Caribbean diaspora during the Second World War as part of the war effort has opened at Discovery Museum in Newcastle, and will run until 25 September 2022.

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19 July 2022

Win an original Robert Olley painting

Robert (Bob) Olley holding his painting entitled ‘Fag Break’
Legendary South Shields artist Robert Olley has donated one of his original oil paintings to the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Development Trust, in order to raise funds for South Shields Museum & Art Gallery via a prize draw.

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