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The sandstone front of the Great North Museum: Hancock behind a lawn on a sunny day.
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Great North Museum: Hancock

The Great North Museum: Hancock is a museum of natural history and archaeology on Barras Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne, housed in a Victorian building opened in 1884. Its galleries cover Ancient Egypt with two mummies, Greek antiquities, Hadrian's Wall and northern wildlife, alongside a T. rex skeleton cast and a planetarium.

When to go

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Mon10:00–17:00
Tue10:00–17:00
Wed10:00–17:00
Thu10:00–17:00
Fri10:00–17:00
Sat10:00–16:00
Sun11:00–16:00

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Tyne Bridge

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