Museums · North East England
Discovery Museum
Discovery Museum in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Discovery Museum is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Discovery Museum is a science museum and local history museum situated in Blandford Square in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It displays many exhibits of local history, including the ship, Turbinia. It is managed by North East Museums.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Discovery Museum started life in 1934 as the Municipal Museum of Science and Industry. The collections were housed in a temporary pavilion built for the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition in Exhibition Park, Newcastle. The collections and displays grew for another forty years, until the temporary pavilion could no longer meet the museum's needs. In 1978, the museum was re-located to Blandford House, the former Co-operative Wholesale Society Headquarters for the Northern Region. Designed by Oliver, Leeson & Wood in 1899, the building had been the distribution centre for over 100 Co-op stores across the region, and contained extensive warehouse space and offices. The museum was re-launched…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9690, -1.6250
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE1 4JA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Established
- 1934
- Official site
- discoverymuseum.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q4045311 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Discovery Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Discovery Museum?
- Discovery Museum is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE1 4JA), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- When was Discovery Museum built?
- Built or established in 1934.
- Who owns Discovery Museum?
- Discovery Museum is owned by | publictransit = Newcastle Central Station.
- How do I get to Discovery Museum?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE1 4JA. It sits within the Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West parliamentary constituency.