Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (Tyne & Wear Museums)

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Burdon Road
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR1 1PP
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland

E-mail

sunderland@twmuseums.org.uk

Telephone

0191 553 2323

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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Exciting hands-on exhibits and interactive displays tell the story of Sunderland from its prehistoric past through to the present day. The Art Gallery features paintings by L S Lowry alongside Victorian masterpieces and artefacts from the four corners of the world. The stunning Winter Gardens stimulates the senses with over 1,500 flowers and plants brought together in a spectacular showcase of the world's natural beauty.

This museum has a Designated Collection of national importance.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Mon - Sat 10.00-17.00
Sun 14.00-17.00

 Admission charges

Free entry

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Toilets
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • 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
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Research facilities for academics
 Commercial and hire services
  • Licensed for weddings
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Burdon Road
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR1 1PP
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland

E-mail

sunderland@twmuseums.org.uk

Telephone

0191 553 2323

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.

Collection details

World Cultures, Weapons and War, Social History, Science and Technology, Natural Sciences, Maritime, Land Transport, Industry, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Archaeology

Key artists and exhibits

  • Designated Collection

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Burdon Road
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR1 1PP
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland

E-mail

sunderland@twmuseums.org.uk

Telephone

0191 553 2323

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.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Art for Sunderland

28 January — 5 June 2012 *on now

This exhibition tells the story of how the paintings collection at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens was formed, and has developed over the past 150 years.

Highlighting influential figures including Thomas Dixon, a Sunderland born cork-cutter who persuaded Dante Gabriel Rossetti to donate two drawings for the opening of the art Gallery; John Dickenson, who gave the largest single bequest of paintings in 1908; through to L.S. Lowry, who was a frequent visitor to Sunderland in the 1960s and 1970s.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Admission

Free.

Website

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland/thingstoseeanddo/exhibition/2012/01/28/art-for-sunderland/

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Burdon Road
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR1 1PP
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland

E-mail

sunderland@twmuseums.org.uk

Telephone

0191 553 2323

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.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

Krafty Kids

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland/thingstoseeanddo/event/2009/02/

Art and craft activities, one Saturday per month (dates vary) between 13.00-15.00.

How to obtain

Activities are offered on a drop-in basis. Contact 0191 5532323 for more details.

Nature Explorers

http:///www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland/thingstoseeanddo/event/2009/02/

Take part in some nature observations in the Winter Gardens then enjoy a related craft activity. Dates vary but activities usually take place between 13.00-15.00 and are suitable for children and families.

How to obtain

Activities are on a drop-in basis. Contact 0191 5532323 for more details.

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Burdon Road
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR1 1PP
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland

E-mail

sunderland@twmuseums.org.uk

Telephone

0191 553 2323

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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