Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle (closed)

Museum of Antiquities
University of Newcastle
Newcastle
Tyne & Wear
NE1 7RU
England

Website

museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive

E-mail

m.o.antiquities@ncl.ac.uk

Telephone

0191 222 7846 / 7849

Fax

0191 222 8561

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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The Museum of Antiquities is the joint museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the principal museum of archaeology in north east England. Its visitors are those who wish to know more about the history of the region, especially Hadrian's Wall and the Roman frontier.

The Museum is closing, permanently, from April 19 2008. Collections will be moved to the Great North Museum, opening in 2009.

The Museum continues to offer online resources through its website.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

The Museum has closed permanently.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities

Museum of Antiquities
University of Newcastle
Newcastle
Tyne & Wear
NE1 7RU
England

Website

museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive

E-mail

m.o.antiquities@ncl.ac.uk

Telephone

0191 222 7846 / 7849

Fax

0191 222 8561

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.

It has a renowned collection of artefacts, models and archives relating to the Wall, and a full-scale reconstruction of the Temple to Mithras at Carrawburgh. Other displays illustrate the variety of life in the region from early prehistory to the 17th century.

The Museum is closing, permanently, from April 19 2008. Collections will be moved to the Great North Museum, opening in 2009.

The Museum continues to offer online resources through its website.

Collection details

Archaeology

Collections services

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

Museum of Antiquities
University of Newcastle
Newcastle
Tyne & Wear
NE1 7RU
England

Website

museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive

E-mail

m.o.antiquities@ncl.ac.uk

Telephone

0191 222 7846 / 7849

Fax

0191 222 8561

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.
 Digital and online resources

Flints and Stones

http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/menu.html

Web pages on hunter-gatherer life in prehistoric north west Europe.

Creator

  • Museum of Antiquities

Publisher

  • University of Newcastle

Hadrian's Wall Education Site

http://www.museums.ncl.ac.uk/wallnet/

Simple educational website about Hadrian's Wall, with information about the Roman Empire and Army, the construction of Hadrian's Wall, and the effect this had on the local Brigantes tribe.

Reticulum

http://www.museums.ncl.ac.uk/reticulum/Intro.htm

The Reticulum Project presents downloadable learning resources focusing on life in northern England during the Roman period. These are aimed primarily at children in Key Stage 2 but the emphasis on accuracy of information as well as the informal style is designed to appeal to a wider audience. A teacher's pack is available as a free download, along with games, interactives and suggestions of activities and discussion topics, and a forum with examples of other schools' work.

SINE (Structural Images of the North East) Project

http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/index.asp

Structural Images of the North East is a comprehensive collection of images celebrating the structural heritage of Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Durham and Teesside. Many of these photographs, sketches, paintings, etchings and drawings dating from around 1715 to 2004 have never before been publicly available.
Browse the collection or search for specific structures and images, from lampposts to lighthouses and collieries to castles. Visit our InterACTIVE Zone to view on-line exhibitions, play games or to set out on a learning journey. From the Teaching Zone you can access numerous lesson plans, printable worksheets, suggested activities and curriculum links.

How to obtain

Follow the link for the main SINE website, or go straight to the Teaching Zone sine.ncl.ac.uk/learning_journeys/teaching_zone.asp

Virtual Mithraeum

http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/mithras/intro.htm

A interactive, virtual reality representation of the Roman temple of Mithras at Carrawbrugh on Hadrian's Wall.

Creator

  • Museum of Antiquities

Publisher

  • University of Newcastle
 digital and online resources

SINE Trumps

http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/learning_journeys/top_trumps/index.asp?reset=y

An interactive game based on pictures of buildings from the Structural Images of the North East collection. Designed to be played against the computer, players can set the level of difficulty as they examine a structure and assess how highly the building would score in terms of defensibility and sacredness, when it was built, and what it would have been used for.

Museum of Antiquities
University of Newcastle
Newcastle
Tyne & Wear
NE1 7RU
England

Website

museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive

E-mail

m.o.antiquities@ncl.ac.uk

Telephone

0191 222 7846 / 7849

Fax

0191 222 8561

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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