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Discovery Museum

Science museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

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name	The Discovery Museum
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caption	The Discovery Museum in 2018
map_type	United Kingdom Tyne and Wear
map_caption	[[File:Red pog.svg	8px]] Discovery Museum shown within Tyne and Wear
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established	1934
location	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
publictransit	Newcastle Central Station
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the science museum in Newcastle upon Tyne

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The Discovery Museum is a science museum and local history museum situated in Blandford Square in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It displays many exhibits of local history, including the ship, Turbinia. It is managed by North East Museums.

History

The Discovery Museum started life in 1934 as the Municipal Museum of Science and Industry. The collections were housed in a temporary pavilion built for the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition in Exhibition Park, Newcastle.

The collections and displays grew for another forty years, until the temporary pavilion could no longer meet the museum's needs. In 1978, the museum was re-located to Blandford House, the former Co-operative Wholesale Society Headquarters for the Northern Region. Designed by Oliver, Leeson & Wood in 1899, the building had been the distribution centre for over 100 Co-op stores across the region, and contained extensive warehouse space and offices.

The museum was re-launched as Discovery Museum in 1993 at which time the Turbinia was moved from Exhibition Park. In 2004 the £13 million redevelopment of the museum was complete and the following year the venue attracted 450,000 visitors.

Exhibits

The museum includes Turbinia, the 104 ft ship built by Charles Algernon Parsons to test the advantages of using the steam turbine to power ships, which could go up to 34 knot. It houses the regimental museum for the Light Dragoons (and its antecedent regiments) and the Northumberland Hussars, exploring the human side of 200 years of life in the army. It is a "hands-on" museum designed to interest both children and adults. It also features examples of Joseph Swan's early lightbulbs which were invented on Tyneside.

References

"About | Discovery Museum". northeastmuseums.org.uk.
Henderson, Tony. (2014-07-17). "Newcastle Discovery Museum marks 80th anniversary with birthday bash". The Journal.
"Exhibition Park". Newcastle City Council.
(2015-07-20). "Two Cities, One River - Newcastle And Gateshead Heritage Trail". Culture24.
(1992). "Northumberland". Yale University Press.
"Happy birthday Discovery Museum: Pictures from Newcastle's home of history past". Culture24.
"Discovery Museum - Nexus Tyne and Wear". Nexus.org.uk.
"History of the North East in 100 objects". Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.
"Charge! The story of England's Northern Cavalry". Light Dragoons.
"Collections | Discovery Museum". northeastmuseums.org.uk.

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