Great North Museum
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| Established | 1884 (Hancock) 1925 (Hatton) 2000s (Great North Museum) |
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| Location | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Coordinates | 54°58′50″N 1°36′47″W / 54.98046°N 1.6131°W |
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Natural history museum Art museum |
| Visitors |
638,454 (2009) |
| Public transit access | Haymarket Metro/Bus station |
| Website | www.greatnorthmuseum.org.uk |
| Great North Museum | |
638,454 (2009)
The Great North Museum is a visitor attraction in Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. It features three venues: the Great North Museum: Hancock, the Hatton Gallery on the Newcastle University campus and the Regional Resource Centre in the basement of the Discovery Museum. All three venues are currently open.
The £26 million Great North Museum project is a partnership between Newcastle University, Tyne & Wear Museums, Newcastle City Council, the Natural History Society of Northumbria and the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne. The Great North Museum project has been made possible with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, TyneWear Partnership, One NorthEast, the European Regional Development Fund, Newcastle University, Newcastle City Council, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Wolfson Foundation and The Northern Rock Foundation, as well as numerous other trusts and foundations. The building architects were Terry Farrell and Partners; Sir Terry Farrell is a native of Newcastle, and had previously been a student at Newcastle University.
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