Discovery Museum – Newcastle’s Maritime History

Discovery Museum is located in the Co-operative Wholesale Society building, Blandford House.

The museums building is quite old as it dates back to 1899. It did not take long until the building became quite iconic in the city center of Newcastle. in 1978 Blandford house opened its doors as a museum and in 1993 is when the name Discovery Museum was adopted.

Newcastle’s Maritime History

So what is Discovery Museum? What will you find? Maritime history! Among other things.

When you first walk in the doors of the museum you will be confronted by a 34 meter high steam powered ship. The Charles Parsons’.  By today’s standards this ship is not very fast at all but when it was first roaring through the waters there was a time where it was the world’s fastest ship and it has an iconic place in the history of Newcastle.

One of the permanent attractions that is available to visit year round is called Destination Tyneside. The exhibit is dedicated to the history of Tyne. And more importantly all the people that were involved in coal mining, heavy engineering and shipbuilding. If you are from Newcastle then this could be your ancestors!

There was a point in 1911 that about 30% off all Newcastle residents were migrants or the kids of migrants.

Destination Tyneside looks at the stories of the migrants and how they made their home in Tyne. If you have ancestors that were part of this amazing story that made Newcastle and Tyne what it is today you can actually have your name added to a commemorative wall. All you need to do is visit this official page of Discovery Museum and follow the instructions: https://discoverymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/destination-tyneside.

If you would like to visit the museum you can do so between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily.

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