Famous Museums in Newcastle Upon Tyne

Let's explore the finest collection of museums in Newcastle Upon Tyne:

1. The Discovery Museum

   4.5 (281 Votes)
   

   Museum, Science Museum, History Museum, Specialty Museum

   This is a science and local history museum. Newcastle has terrific maritime history, and has also played a large part in founding game-changing science and tech. The incredible interactive displays at the museum cover history from Roman times to the first decade of the new millennium. There’s also mini-museum dedicated to the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars and the Northumberland Hussa...Read more

2. The Great North Museum-hancock

   4.6 (76 Votes)
   

   Museum, History Museum, Planetarium , Specialty Museum

   This is a natural history museum-cum-planetarium. The collection began in the late 18th century, when Marmaduke Tunstall started his ethnographic collection. Ancient civilisations that ruled the area around Newcastle are a particular focus, though there are also significant collections on Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt. There’s a kids area for under 5 year olds. There&rsqu...Read more

3. Seven Stories

   4.4 (236 Votes)
   

   Museum, Specialty Museum

   Two things are thought to give this beautiful bookstore-cum-museum its name: that there are only seven basic plots in literature, and that the Victorian mill in which this establishment is housed has seven stories. Dedicated to children’s books, the museum’s famous for its collections of original manuscripts of some of the most enduring children’s tales, by some of the most di...Read more

4. Newburn Hall Motor Museum

   4.4 (92 Votes)
   

   Museum, Specialty Museum

   The building used to be an army drill hall. In 1981 it was reopened, and now has about 4000 sq feet of space that is filled up with a bar, a lounge, a buffet, and 25 classic vehicles, both modern and vintage. Today, it’s a popular meeting place for car collectors and enthusiasts. It’s not the best car museum in the world. But what it’s very good at creating is the mood, a comm...Read more

5. Beamish Museum

   4.8 (7 Votes)
   

   Museum

   Experience a time travel at the world’s most popular Beamish Museum, where millions of people flock every year to get a glimpse of the tell-tales of North East England, and its Georgian, Victorian and the Edwardian lives in funky avatars. This museum, with its unique al fresco environment, is the first of its kind. Don’t miss the Friends of Beamish to grab some fantastic packages an...Read more

6. Stephenson Railway Museum

   4.4 (50 Votes)
   

   Museum, Specialty Museum

   The museum is a combination attraction with the North Tyneside Steam Railway, a standard gauge line that runs for about 3 kilometres from the museum. It’s exciting because the train is steam-powered, hearkening back to the earliest days of railways. One of the main attractions here is George Stephenson’s famous ‘Billy’ engine. There are other late 19th century locomotive...Read more

7. Bamburgh Castle

   4.7 (48 Votes)
   Bamburgh NE69 7DF, UK
   Museum