Great to bring Monet from The National Gallery to South Shields! @northeastmuseums.bsky.social

A person standing behind a lectern and speaking to a group of people. On the screen behind them text reads 'Imagine If...'.

We’ve had a jammed-packed morning of inspiring and engaging speakers at our ‘Imagine If...’. conference for teachers and educators.

Keith Merrin, Director of North East Museums, welcomed everyone to #ImagineIf2025, as we celebrate its ten year anniversary.

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Enjoyed chairing this session at the Labour Party Conference #Lab25 in the Creative UK Pavilion. Some brilliant insight from the panel on the importance of creative learning to the UK economy and the need for urgent curriculum change. @nmdcnews.bsky.social @northeastmuseums.bsky.social

Nine members of a community-led research project at a museum.

NEWS - North East Museums has been accepted into the latest cohort of the @museumsassociation.org Anti-Racist Museums Programme. www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/news/north-e...

Fun day taking custodianship of the first ever Metro train (number 4001) into the @northeastmuseums.bsky.social collection after 50 years in service. @my-metro.bsky.social

Children playing at Woodhorn Colliery, now a museum and mining heritage site.

NEWS - Woodhorn to receive nearly £1 million in Historic England funding www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/news/woodhor...

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Digital detox night in Newcastle to include book swap and retro board games Newcastle attraction will have a pop-up bar for its chill-out social event which will feature a pick of gentle activities from meditation to board games, sketching, quizzes and stories

Newcastle attraction will have a pop-up bar for its chill-out social event which will feature a pick of gentle activities from meditation to board games, sketching, quizzes and stories

Great to see our @northeastmuseums.bsky.social Great North Museum:Hancock shortlisted for the @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social Awards!

It was an honour to take part in the Northumberland Miners Picnic Memorial Service and lay a wreath on behalf of @northeastmuseums.bsky.social.

I will be on Tyne Tees news later talking about how we keep the traditions of the Picnic and North East coal mining communities alive at Woodhorn Museum.

Honour, on behalf of the judges, to get tonight’s Museums + Heritage Awards (the Oscar’s of the Museum world) Ceremony underway at the Park Lane Hilton! #MandHAwards

Honour, on behalf of the judges, to get tonight’s Museums + Heritage Awards (the Oscar’s of the Museum world) Ceremony underway at the Park Lane Hilton! #MandHAwards

I’ll be speaking at the Museums + Heritage Show later today about the future of civic museums alongside a stellar panel. show.museumsandheritage.com/2025-programme/

What a backdrop! Pleased to speak at today’s launch of Time Odyssey at the British Museum. The project fully funds school visits to museums including travel. @northeastmuseums.bsky.social have been part of the pilot working with over the 2,500 young people thanks to funds from charity Art Explora.

👀 cool place to be speaking this morning!

I was very pleased to get a sneak preview of the new National Gallery rehang and Sainsbury Wing. It was stunning!

Brilliant evening at The Fire Station seeing Public Record performed by (and telling the stories of) the communities of Sunderland. A great collaboration between @nationaltheatre.org.uk Sunderland Culture and Sunderland Empire and funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social. Life affirming!

Had a brilliant time opening the brand new Discovery Museum Under 5s Gallery yesterday. It’s got play versions of North East icons and items from our @northeastmuseums.bsky.social collections and was designed with the help of local families. Thanks to all of the funders!

More awards success!

The 50 best museum cafes in the UK The pioneering V&A tea rooms were designed to draw people into culture, and today these spaces offer more than just sandwiches. Felicity Cloake introduces some of our favourites

Great to see Cafe Laing at @northeastmuseums.bsky.social Laing Art Gallery picked as one of the 50 Best Museum Cafes in the UK!

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

What a day! #nufc

Not my usual work attire…

Our @northeastmuseums.bsky.social Great North Museum:Hancock and Discovery Museum are getting ready for Saturday’s @newcastleunited.com Victory Parade with free drop in trails and crafts for families and items on loan from Wor Flags and our own collections including Jackie Milburn’s 1951 shirt!

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Great to be in the stunning Banqueting Hall at Newcastle Civic Centre for the North East Tourism Awards #NEETA25 #EnglishTourismWeek25

It definitely happened! #nufc

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Newcastle celebrates British Science Week with museum takeover and robotic snail Newcastle celebrates British Science Week with museum takeover and robotic snail

Discovery Museum and Life Science Centre are among the venues taking part in a 10-day national celebration of science

Leadership in the Arts with Clore Leadership | Arts & Culture In this episode, Hilary Carty (Clore Leadership), Sara Wajid (Birmingham Museums Trust), and Keith Merrin (Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums) join Tom Dawson (Association for Cultural Enterprises) to e...

Interesting discussion here on paying trustees in cultural organisations - Leadership in the Arts with Clore Leadership
@cloreleadership.bsky.social with @hilarycarty.bsky.social @keithmerrin.bsky.social and Sara Wajid (from Dec 2024) www.artsandculturepodcast.com/episodes/lea...

Chief Executive Northern Stage are seeking a Chief Executive. Above all, the role of the Chief Executive is to lead – both internally and externally.

New job #ad: Chief Executive, Northern Stage, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Salary: £75,000 - 80,000. #artsjobs