Head to Beamish for a packed programme of activities as part of Dementia Awareness Week, including gardening, singing and walking…
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A lunchtime talk on Frankenstein and Electricity
Join historian Jo Bath for a lunchtime history talk inspired by the Fabricating Histories exhibition at Discovery Museum in Newcastle…
A workshop for inventive minds in Newcastle
Meet inventor Dominic Wilcox at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle on Saturday 6th May, and help him invent the transport of the future…
Discover insights into electricity with a tour of museum basement
Tour the Arcs and Sparks store in the Discovery Museum’s basement and gain an insight into some electrical inventions…
Fabricating Histories: An Alternative 19th Century
From engineers to Victorians, Fabricating Histories at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle turns history on its head and takes a look at what might have been…
Build your own vinyl record player from scratch in Newcastle
Head to the Discovery Museum in Newcastle and build your own working vinyl record player, using simple junk materials, to take home and use…
Saddle up for Beamish Museum’s Horses at Work
An equine extravaganza featuring around 50 horses and ponies, from Shires to Shetlands, is taking place at Beamish Museum this weekend…
Traditional dance, dialect and craft at Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering
The people of Morpeth will be welcoming visitors to the town as they showcase Northumberland’s traditions in an annual festival of music, dance, craft and dialect…
The ten best quirky Easter events for 2017
We bring you the best of the UK’s Easter customs and contests, including coal carrying and marbles championships, chair lifting and bottle kicking…
Climate change, migration and refugee crisis on agenda in Newcastle
Tyneside Cinema will be sparking discussion with a programme of film screenings, talks and workshops, as Gimme Shelter takes place from 16th March…
Steng Cross Gibbet
Our latest Curiosity of the Week is a gruesome landmark in Northumberland. Steng Cross Gibbet aka Winter’s Gibbet can be found on the roadside near the historic village of Elsdon…
Make a splash at the Puddle Jumping Championships
This half term, children (and big kids) can grab their wellies and take part in the Puddle Jumping Championships at the WWT’s nine wetland centres…
Flaming whiskey barrels light up Allendale for New Year
The town of Allendale in Northumberland celebrates every New Year with the unique Tar Bar’l Ceremony, a lively procession with flaming tar barrels…
Festive swims and fancy dress dips
All over the UK, brave souls will be donning their trunks, swimming costumes and fancy dress outfits on Christmas Day and Boxing Day to take part in some chilly swims and dips…
The Poison Garden at Alnwick
It’s Halloween, so we thought we’d bring you a suitably dark and unusual visitor attraction in Northumberland as our Curiosity of the Week…