Visitor Information Permanent Galleries Further Information Guidance for visitors Ground Floor The Great North Museum: Hancock is managed • Please do not eat or drink in the galleries. Living Planet: A fantastic double-height gallery by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums on behalf Map • Children should be supervised at all times. featuring animals from the World’s habitats. of Newcastle University. The University led the • Please do not climb or sit on the displays. Hadrian’s Wall: An interactive gallery featuring development of the Museum and is the principal • CCTV is in operation at all times in the Great fabulous objects from this World Heritage Site. funder. The building is owned by the Natural North Museum: Hancock. Fossil Stories: The planet’s landscape, animals and History Society of Northumbria as are much of the • Newcastle University is a no smoking campus, plants from the Earth’s past. collections. Most of the archaeology collections are there is no smoking in the building or the Crystals and Gems: A spectacular and colourful owned by the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle grounds. display of the Earth’s natural treasures. upon Tyne. Ice Age to Iron Age: The lives of our earliest Planetarium Screening Times ancestors laid bare. To find out more about the Natural History Society Infinity Express: Explore!: An exploratory space where all the family of Northumbria, or to join, email
[email protected] Admission: Adults £2.50, child / concessions £1.50, can find out more about the Museum’s collections. or call (0191) 232 6386. family £7.20*. Approximately 24 minutes running time.