Leeds
Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square Leeds LS2 8BH
Tel: 0113 224 3732
Admission: Free.
Collections: New Multicultural gallery. One World - Our World, with emphasis on cross-cultural influences, and joint displays. Displays on music, pottery, beadwork, armour, art and religions. Reserve collections of world-wide scope. Prehistoric, Roman and Medieval Britain; Classical archaeology, including Greek sculpture and pottery, Cypriot material, and a notable collection from Lanuvium; prehistoric and dynastic Egypt.
Website: http://www.leedsmuseum.co.uk/
Newcastle upon Tyne
Hancock Museum
Barras Bridge, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyne&Wear NE2 4PT
Tel: 0191 2226765
Admission: Free
Collections: artefacts from the ancient Greeks and mummies from ancient Egypt, Egyptology; Planetarium and a life-size T-Rex dinosaur skeleton. The Living Planet (life on Earth). Collections include: World Cultures, Archaeology, Geology, Natural Sciences, Library and Archives as well as a Planetarium.
Website:
http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmuseum/ |