Newcastle & Gateshead
Newcastle's Discovery Museum celebrates 75th anniversary
Newcastle's Discovery Museum will be celebrating 75 years in the business on July 18 2009 with a range of free events including drop-in activities for children and behind the scenes tours.
£40 million Tyneside iron bridge restoration wins prestigious European award
A seven-year project to repair a 160-year-old iron bridge between Gateshead and Newcastle has seen off a shortlist of iconic international developments to win a European Union Cultural Heritage gong.
North East ready for grand opening of "astounding" Great North Museum
Culture24 gets the inside track on the Great North Museum, which opens with a spectacular set of displays this Saturday (May 23 2009) after a £26 million, three-year development project.
Geordies flock to new £24 million City Library
Loans flew off the shelves as the brand new £24 million City Library in Newcastle welcomed thousands of culture vultures in its opening week.
Follow the glowsticks for nighttime culture in Newcastle: Culture24 on the road for Museums at Night 2009
Speeding around Newcastle with his Late Shows glowstick, Ben Miller tries to keep up with a dizzying array of museum events laid on specially for Museums at Night 2009.
Museums at Night sups beer and gets funky at Newcastle's legendary World HQ club
Late entertainment of the funkiest kind will be up for grabs for Museums at Night at the World Headquarters in Newcastle, a 25-year-old club which has become one of the city's finest nightspots.
Tyne Tunnel tour tales turn secret shelter into art bypass
A 170-year-old tunnel running under Newcastle has re-opened for tours beginning as part of Culture24's Museums at Night campaign following a £200,000 project by the City Council.
Museums at Night - Newcastle gears up for even bigger Museums at Night extravaganza
After the huge success of their Late Shows programme for Museums at Night in 2008, officials in Newcastle are back with a dazzling programme of fun and frolics for 2009.
“Exemplary” new £40 million Newcastle City Library unveiled
Andrew Motion and city leaders have spoken of their pride after a two-year building project to create the £40 million City Library in Newcastle was formally completed.
Bowes Museum Prepares To Reveal Dramatic Interior Redesign
Culture24 catches up with the latest developments at Durham's Bowes Museum, which will re-open this month after the largest renovation works in its 100-year history.
Liverpool Audio-Visual Star Rooney Wins Northern Art Prize
Liverpool's Paul Rooney has beaten off competition from four artists in the region to win the second annual Northern Art Prize, it was announced in Leeds yesterday.
Century Old Message In A Bottle Discovered By Workman At Bowes Museum
A hundred-year-old message hidden by a curator in a bottle was discovered in a chimney by a stonemason carrying out renovations at the Bowes Museum in County Durham.
TPYF - Railway Museums Launch Joint WWII Railway Worker Project
Two railway museums have joined forces to launch a research and outreach project that looks at the vital role railwaymen played during the Second World War.
Bowes Museum Famous Mechanical Swan Goes Back On Show In December
The Bowes Museum's famous Silver Swan goes back on display next month following a three month conservation project.
Fund Raising Scheme Is Backing Great North Museum: Hancock
A new campaign is appealing for donations to enable up to 30,000 school children a year to enjoy a range of learning resources at the Great North Museum: Hancock.
