Renaissance in the North East  On this page you can find contact details for the North East Hub and its partners and MLA North East. There is also information about Designated collections in the region and information about the support available to all the region's museums. Hub contact details Hub manager:
Bill Griffiths
Address: Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4JA
Tel: 0191 232 6789
e-mail: bill.griffiths@twmuseums.org.uk
Website: www.twmuseums.org.uk/hub contains up-to-date information on hub activities. Hub partner contact details Tyne and Wear Museums (lead partner)
Address: Discovery Museum, Blanford Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4JA
Tel: 0191 232 6789
Fax: 0191 230 2614
Website: www.twmuseums.org.uk Beamish: the North of England Open Air Museum
Address: Beamish, County Durham DH9 0RG
Tel: 0191 370 4000
Fax: 0191 370 4001
Website: www.beamish.org.uk The Bowes Museum
Address: Barnard Castle, County Durham DL12 8NP
Tel: 01833 690606
Fax: 01833 637163
e-mail: info@thebowesmuseum.org.uk
Website: www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk Hartlepool Arts and Museums
Address: Department of Community Services, Civic Centre, Victoria Road, Hartlepool TS24 8AY MLA North East
House of Recovery, Bath Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5SQ
Tel: 0191 222 1661
Fax: 0191 261 4725
e-mail: info@mlanortheast.org.uk
Website: www.mlanortheast.org.uk Designated collections in the North East In the North East the following Hub museums hold Designated Collections: Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle Tyne & Wear Museums Service: - Discovery Museum
- Laing Art Gallery
- Monkwearmouth Station Museum
- Shipley Art Gallery
- Stephenson Railway Museum
- Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
- Washington 'F' Pit Museum
You can see the full list of Designated Collections, including those held by libraries and archives in the Designation section of the MLA website. The Renaissance Designation Challenege Fund (DCF) has provided funding for a number of designated collections held by museums. You can find out more in the DCF section. Support for all museums in the North East The Renaissance Museum Development Fund (MDF) provides funding to MLA regional agencies to offer advice and support to non-hub museums in their region. The advice and support offered varies in each region. The North East hub and MLA North East have worked together to produce a statement of the support available to museums in the region.  North East joint statement of support available (PDF 151KB)
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