Museums and Art Galleries

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1. HMS Trincomalee

   

   HMS Trincomalee, built in 1817, is one of the oldest ship afloat in Europe and the last of Nelson's frigates. She is the centrepiece of the award winning attraction, Hartlepool's Maritime Experience and is now fully restored in an...

   

   Type:

   Historic Ship

   Location:

   Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool

2. Kirkleatham Museum

   

   18th Century former Free School with exhibitions and displays on ironstone mining, social history, and Kirkleatham Village. There is a changing programme of art and education exhibitions. Museum has a playground and cafeteria. There is a...

   

   Type:

   Museum

   Location:

   Redcar

3. Heugh Gun Battery Museum

   

   Come and explore a faithfully restored 19th century coastal defence battery. This North-East visitors attraction boasts a unique history, being the only area to have seen ship-to-shore combat during the First World War and through out...

   

   Type:

   Museum

   Location:

   Hartlepool

4. RNLI Zetland Lifeboat Museum

   

   Listed building housing the Zetland, the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world. Built in 1802 by H Greathead. Galleries of fishing history, models, photographs, paintings and cards.

   

   Type:

   Museum

   Location:

   Redcar

5. Darlington Arts Centre

   

   One of the finest buildings in the town, it became the Arts Centre in 1978 having formerly been a teacher training college, now one of the top regional arts venues. Over the last 25 years alterations and improvements have taken place,...

   

   Type:

   Arts Centre

   Location:

   Darlington

6. Myles Meehan Gallery

   

   The renowned Myles Meehan Gallery, is located in the popular and thriving Darlington Arts Centre. The gallery shows exhibitions of national and regional importance as well as offering an opportunity for local artists and students to...

   

   Type:

   Gallery

   Location:

   Darlington

7. Winkies Castle

   

   Run by the Friends of Winkies Castle, a warm and friendly welcome awaits all who visit one of the oldest buildings in Marske. This cruck cottage and its amazing and varied contents was bequeathed to the local authority by local cobbler,...

   

   Type:

   Museum

   Location:

   Redcar

8. Platform Arts

   

   Platform Arts occupies newly constructed purpose built studios within Middlesbrough Railway Station. Housed in the old British Rail Parcel Store and Fish Quay one of the latest addition to Middlesbrough's creative and cultural quarter is...

   

   Type:

   Arts Centre

   Location:

   Middlesbrough

9. Art in the Yards

   

   Darlington's ‘Art in the Yards’ is the award-winning joint Darlington Borough Council/Darlington Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College project, which has created a FREE open-air exhibition of public art.

   17 large-scale, original artworks...

   

   Type:

   Gallery

   Location:

   Darlington

10. mima

    

    mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, is a £14.2m landmark new gallery located in the heart of Middlesbrough. mima showcases an internationally significant programme of fine art and applied art from the 1900 to the present day....

    

    Type:

    Gallery

    Location:

    Middlesbrough

11. The Python Gallery

    

    The Python Gallery is a creative development in the heart of the Middlehaven area of Middlesbrough.

    Opened July 2007, the gallery provides quality exhibition space and delivers a rolling programme of shows and events, which include...

    

    Type:

    Gallery

    Location:

    Middlesbrough

12. Hartlepool's Maritime Experience

    

    An authentic reconstruction of an 18th Century naval seaport. Step back in time to a remarkable period in British history. Regular musketry, cannon firing and sword fighting displays bring the past to life. Featuring the short film...

    

    Type:

    Historic Site

    Location:

    Hartlepool

13. Head of Steam Darlington Railway Museum

    

    Restored 1842 passenger station on the original route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (the world's 1st steam-worked public railway). The museum exhibits relate to railways in the North East of England and include Stephenson's...

    

    Type:

    Museum

    Location:

    Darlington