Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM) is a regional group of United Kingdom national museums and the county archives service located across the Tyne and Wear area of north-east England. They have been administered by a joint board of local authorities since the abolition of the Tyne and Wear Metropolitan County Council in 1986. In the past the service received additional financial support from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Since 2012, core support is provided via the Arts Council England. The service is one of those specified in the Designation Scheme administered by Arts Council England.

Museums

Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums are responsible for managing the 12 museums and galleries below, the county archives and they also share use of the Regional Museums Store at Beamish Museum.

Museum Location Website
Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum South Shields Arbeia Roman Fort & Museum
Discovery Museum Newcastle upon Tyne Discovery Museum
Great North Museum: Hancock Newcastle upon Tyne Great North Museum: Hancock
Hatton Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne Hatton Gallery
Laing Art Gallery Newcastle upon Tyne Laing Art Gallery
Monkwearmouth Station Museum Sunderland Monkwearmouth Station Museum
Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum Wallsend Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum
Shipley Art Gallery Gateshead Shipley Art Gallery
South Shields Museum & Art Gallery South Shields South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Stephenson Railway Museum North Shields Stephenson Railway Museum
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens Sunderland Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Washington 'F' Pit Washington Washington 'F' Pit

Archives

Tyne and Wear Archives are based within their own space at Discovery Museum.

Gallery

  1. ^ http://www.100objectsne.co.uk/objects/view/20

Cross Service Collaborative Ventures

Over the years partnership working within the museums and galleries in the service and alongside other partners has been a significant matter. Since 2007 The Late Shows every May has been one example. Another large scale project has been "A History of the North East in 100 Objects"[1] that launched in June 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "A History of the North East in 100 Objects". 100objectsne.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-09-21.

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