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This gallery has been designed to introduce younger visitors to Ancient Egypt.
Experience a real sense of your past at Beamish, and discover what life was like in North East England in the 1820s, ...
Highlights include Tang dynasty tomb models, an exquisite Song dynasty Dingware wedding bowl, a shufu cup and Qing dynasty monochromes.
This 18-acre garden is set amongst beautiful mature woodlands on the southern outskirts of Durham City. We have plan...
Head of Steam - Darlington Railway Museum was first opened in 1975 and is housed within North Road Station, built in ...
Permanent Gallery exploring the Himalayas, India and South East Asia.
This gallery has been created in direct response to visitor interest in contemporary Japanese art and culture.
Killhope, The North of England Lead Mining Museum, is a multi award winning museum. Killhope is the only lead mine in...
The Korean collections are among the smallest in the museum but they are also hugely varied.
At Locomotion you can see highlights of the national collection of railway vehicles in the world’s first railway to...
Laid out thematically, the gallery covers topics such as family and home, scholars, agriculture, festivals and arts and crafts.
Our gallery is part of the redeveloped Palace Green Library, at the heart of the World Heritage Site in Durham. The r...
The Oriental Museum is the only museum in the North of Britain devoted solely to the art and archaeology of the Orien...
Home of the Pennyman family for nearly 400 years, this classic Georgian mansion, with its Victorian kitchen and laund...
A gallery showcasing the highlights of our Ancient Egyptian collection.
Founded over 100 years ago, by John and Joséphine Bowes, the magnificent building contains the greatest collection o...
