When it comes to places to soak up a fizzy melting pot of cultural, educational and historical stuff, Newcastle and Gateshead have got it sorted. The museums and galleries you’ll only find here offer a true embarrassment of delights whether you’re looking for thought-provoking contemporary art; a lesson in North East heritage; a wow-factor exhibition or simply somewhere brilliant to keep the kids entertained while you fill up on caffeine.
Museums & Galleries
Shipley Art Gallery
What is it? What it says on the tin, an art gallery… but one that should be on the itinerary of everyone who loves art and design or wants to…
The Biscuit Factory
What is it? An independent commercial art and craft gallery, supposedly the biggest in the country, housed in a former Victorian warehouse where biscuits were once produced. Now it is…
Newcastle Arts Centre
What is it? Newcastle Arts Centre is all sorts of things – craft shop, cafe, gallery, the barn-like art materials shop, Details and a venue upstairs which is the new…
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
What is it? As the title suggests, a centre for contemporary art but HUGE. It used to be the Baltic Flour Mills – opened by Joseph Rank Ltd on the…