Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tyne_&_Wear_Archives_&_Museums
GPTKB entity
Statements (70)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:TWAM
gptkbp:collectionSize over 1 million items
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:director gptkb:Keith_Merrin
gptkbp:focus gptkb:art
gptkb:cultural_heritage
gptkb:science
archaeology
history
natural history
local archives
gptkbp:founded 1974
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Arts_Council_England
gptkb:Heritage_Lottery_Fund
grants
donations
local authorities
gptkbp:hasArchive gptkb:judge
maps
military records
oral histories
photographs
business records
parish records
school records
personal papers
trade union records
estate records
family papers
hospital records
railway records
local government records
architectural plans
charity records
mining records
shipbuilding records
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
gptkbp:location Tyne and Wear
gptkbp:notableExhibit gptkb:Hadrian's_Wall
gptkb:Lindisfarne_Gospels
gptkb:Discovery_Museum's_Turbinia
Great North Museum: Hancock natural history collection
Shipley Art Gallery ceramics collection
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Discovery_Museum
gptkb:South_Shields_Museum_&_Art_Gallery
gptkb:Segedunum_Roman_Fort
gptkb:Laing_Art_Gallery
gptkb:Sunderland_Museum_and_Winter_Gardens
gptkb:Great_North_Museum:_Hancock
gptkb:Arbeia_Roman_Fort
gptkb:Shipley_Art_Gallery
gptkb:Stephenson_Steam_Railway
gptkb:Tyne_&_Wear_Archives
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Sunderland_City_Council
gptkb:South_Tyneside_Council
gptkb:Gateshead_Council
gptkb:North_Tyneside_Council
Newcastle City Council
gptkbp:regionServed North East England
gptkbp:serves gptkb:researchers
public
schools
community groups
gptkbp:type gptkb:museum
gptkbp:website https://www.twmuseums.org.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Discovery_Museum
gptkb:Laing_Art_Gallery
gptkb:Great_North_Museum:_Hancock
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6