Centres in the North East

Funding: all funding types

KEY: Millennium-funded

Millennium-funded Centre for Life

The Centre for Life is a vibrant and exciting place where science is explored and debated. From exciting hands-on exhibits, family activities to lively lectures and serious debates on contemporary science issues, Life offers something for all ages and interests. As a regional focus for science communication, the Centre encourages curiosity about science by questioning and uncovering new things about life and the world around us.

Themes: Exploring the life sciences.
Type: Science Centre. 50+ exhibits. Size: L. Opened: 2000.
Open: Mon - Sat 10-6, Sun 11-6. Ages: All ages.

The International Centre for Life, Times Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4EP MAP
Tel: 0191 243 8210 Fax: 0191 243 8201
E-mail: info@life.org.uk
Web: www.life.org.uk

Millennium-funded Eureka! The National Children's Museum

Interactive centre for young children.

Themes: Science, music, the body, the environment
Type: Childrens' Museum. 200+ exhibits. Exhibition area: 4,500 m2. Size: L. Opened: 1992.
Open: Daily: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed: 24th - 26th December. Ages: birth to 12 years.

Eureka! The National Children's Museum, Discovery Road, Halifax, HX1 2NE MAP
Tel: 01422 330 069 Fax: 01422 398490
E-mail: info@eureka.org.uk
Web: www.eureka.org.uk

Kelham Island Museum (SCOPE)

Kelham Island Museum traces `The Story of Sheffield' and includes a science discovery centre.

Themes: Light, Sound, Forces, Materials and Magnets.
Type: Museum. 100+ exhibits. Exhibition area: 600 m2. Size: M. Opened: 1990.
Open: Mon-Thurs 10.00 - 16.00; Sunday 11.00 - 16.45 Ages: All ages.

Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield, S3 8RY MAP
Tel: 0114 272 2106 Fax: 0114 275 7847
E-mail: postmaster@simt.co.uk
Web: www.simt.co.uk/kel1

Millennium-funded Magna

Magna is set in Templeborough Steelworks in Rotherham. Inside you can explore the four elements of fire, air, earth and water and have fun firing giant water canons, launching rockets, spinning in a gyroscopic chair, learning to fly, exploding rock faces and working real JCB's.

Type: Science Centre. 120+ exhibits. Size: L. Opened: Apr-01.
Open: Daily. 10.00 - 17.00 Ages: All ages.

Magna, Sheffield Road, Templeborough, Rotherham, S60 1DX MAP
Tel: 01709 720002 Fax: 01709 820092
E-mail: info@magnatrust.co.uk
Web: www.visitmagna.co.uk

Tyne and Wear Museums (Discovery Museum)

Discovery is the largest free museum experience in the North East. Full of displays and interactives that bring science, technology and history to life.

Themes: Science, History, Fashion, Military, Maritime.
Type: Museum. 60+ exhibits. Size: L.
Open: Mon - Sat :10.00 - 17.00, Sun:14.00 - 17.00 Ages: All ages (aim 3 - 16yrs).

Tyne and Wear Museums, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA MAP
Tel: 0191 232 6789 Fax: 0191 230 2614
E-mail: discovery@twmuseums.org.uk
Web: www.twmuseums.org.uk/discovery