Monkwearmouth Station Museum (Tyne and Wear Museums)

Monkwearmouth Station Museum
North Bridge Street
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR5 1AP
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.twmuseums.org.uk/monkwearmouth/

E-mail

info@twmuseums.org.uk

Telephone

0191 567 7075

Fax

0191 553 7828

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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This splendid Victorian railway station recreates a sense of rail travel in the past. Explore the ticket office as it would have looked in Victorian times, see the guard's van and goods wagon in the railway sidings and watch today's trains zoom past the Platform Gallery. The Children's Gallery has a range of toys, books and dressing up clothes. Special temporary exhibitions can be seen throughout the year and regular activity sessions are also held.

This museum has a Designated Collection of national importance.

Venue Type:

Museum

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Toilets
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
 Disability access
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Loan service
  • Research facilities for academics
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Monkwearmouth Station Museum
North Bridge Street
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR5 1AP
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.twmuseums.org.uk/monkwearmouth/

E-mail

info@twmuseums.org.uk

Telephone

0191 567 7075

Fax

0191 553 7828

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

This museum has a Designated Collection of national importance.

The collections at Monkwearmouth all relate to transport. They include the contents of the 1866 booking office and rolling stock such as guard's and goods waggon, in the sidings. There is a collection of printed material, photographs and models relating to railways, particularly those in Tyne & Wear. Sunderland Corporation Transport is also represented, and there is a significant collection of bicycles.

Collection details

Land Transport

Key artists and exhibits

  • Designated Collection

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available

Monkwearmouth Station Museum
North Bridge Street
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR5 1AP
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.twmuseums.org.uk/monkwearmouth/

E-mail

info@twmuseums.org.uk

Telephone

0191 567 7075

Fax

0191 553 7828

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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