| Name |
Image |
Town/City |
Region |
Type |
Summary |
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| Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum |  | South Shields | South Tyneside | Archaeology | Excavated and reconstructed Roman fort, museum of artefacts and life of a Roman soldier |
| Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art |  | Gateshead | Gateshead | Art | Contemporary art |
| Bede's World |  | Jarrow | South Tyneside | Multiple | Life and times of monk, scholar and author Venerable Bede, includes artifacts from the adjacent medieval church, museum exhibits, Anglo-Saxon demonstration farm with heritage breeds of animals |
| Bessie Surtees House |  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, two five-storey 16th and 17th century merchants' houses |
| Bowes Railway | | Springwell | City of Sunderland | Railway | Preserved operational standard gauge cable railway system built to transport coal to boats, built by George Stephenson in 1826 |
| Castle Keep |  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Historic house | Keep and remains of the medieval castle |
| Centre for Life |  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Science | Permanent exhibits about human life |
| Customs House | | South Shields | South Tyneside | Art | Arts centre with exhibit gallery, theatre and cinema |
| Discovery Museum |  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Multiple | Science, local history, shipbuilding and industrial heritage, Turbinia, first steam turbine powered steamship, regimental museum for the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars and the Northumberland Hussars, costumes, art exhibits of painting, photography and sculpture |
| Fulwell Windmill | | Fulwell | City of Sunderland | Mill | website, restored early 19th century windmill |
| Gateshead Heritage @ St Mary`s | | Gateshead | Gateshead | Local | website, local history, culture, |
| Globe Gallery | | North Shields | North Tyneside | Art | website, contemporary art |
| Great North Museum: Hancock |  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Multiple | Natural history, archaeology and Roman Britain, Ancient Rome and Egypt, dinosaurs and fossils, ethnography |
| Hatton Gallery |  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Art | Part of Newcastle University |
| Holy Jesus Hospital |  | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | History | Operated by the National Trust, medieval building in use for 700 years, exhibits about its use as a 14th-century Augustinian friary, 17th century almshouse and Victorian soup kitchen |
| Laing Art Gallery | | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Art | Collections include 18th and 18th century British oil paintings and sculpture, watercolours, ceramics, silver and glassware, 20th century art |
| Monkwearmouth Station Museum |  | Monkwearmouth | City of Sunderland | Railway | Railway and transportation history and heritage |
| National Glass Centre |  | Sunderland | City of Sunderland | Art | Historic and contemporary glass, history of glass-making |
| Newburn Hall Motor Museum | | Newburn | Newcastle upon Tyne | Automotive | information |
| North East Aircraft Museum |  | Sunderland | City of Sunderland | Aviation | Historic aircraft, aviation history |
| Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art | | Sunderland | City of Sunderland | Art | Contemporary art |
| Northumbria University Gallery | | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Art | website, part of Northumbria University |
| Path Head Watermill | | Blaydon | Gateshead | Industry | Restored water wheel and joiner's shop |
| Reg Vardy Gallery | | Sunderland | City of Sunderland | Art | website, information, contemporary art gallery of the University of Sunderland |
| Ryhope Engines Museum |  | Ryhope | City of Sunderland | Technology | Victorian pumping station with two beam engines, steam engines and pumps, boilers, a blacksmith's forge, waterwheel, replica plumber's shop |
| Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths and Museum |  | Wallsend | North Tyneside | Archaeology | Excavated Roman fort along Hadrian's Wall, museum of artefacts and life of a Roman soldier, shipbuilding and coal mining industries, reconstructed Roman baths |
| Seven Stories | | Newcastle upon Tyne | Newcastle upon Tyne | Art | Art of British children’s books |
| Shipley Art Gallery |  | Gateshead | Gateshead | Art | Contemporary crafts and design, fine art |
| South Shields Museum & Art Gallery | | South Shields | South Tyneside | Local | website, local history, culture, art |
| Souter Lighthouse |  | Marsden | South Tyneside | Maritime | Operated by the National Trust, lighthouse's engine room, light tower and keeper's living quarters |
| St. Mary's Lighthouse |  | St Mary's Island | North Tyneside | Maritime | Lighthouse to tour, exhibits about the lighthouse and island's wildlife |
| Stephenson Railway Museum | | North Shields | North Tyneside | Railway | Steam-powered electric and diesel engines, history of area electric transport, northern terminus of the North Tyneside Steam Railway |
| Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens |  | Sunderland | City of Sunderland | Multiple | Art, textiles, pottery, glass, coal mining, local history, social history, natural history, industry, geology |
| Tynemouth Castle and Priory |  | Tynemouth | North Tyneside | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, remains and exhibits about the Anglo-Saxon settlement, Anglican monastery, royal castle, artillery fort and coastal defence |
| Tynemouth Life Brigade Watch House Museum |  | Tynemouth | North Tyneside | Maritime | website, history of area lifesaving, shipwreck artifacts |
| Tynemouth Toy Museum | | Tynemouth | North Tyneside | Toy | website, toys, dolls, prams, puzzles, games |
| Washington 'F' Pit |  | Washington | City of Sunderland | Technology | website, Victorian steam engine, engine house and headgear for a coal mine |
| Washington Old Hall |  | Washington | City of Sunderland | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 16th century stone manor house, ancestral home of the family of George Washington, the first President of the United States |
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