Current Events

New Annual: POV - Re:Group Performance Collective

Friday 26 September | Saturday 27 September | Sunday 28 September | Monday 29 September | Tuesday 30 September 2025
A kid with a camera. Two adults. No rehearsals. Just real reactions. Prepare to be transformed by this uplifting and unpredictable show.
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School Holidays: TinkerCAD - Model Newcastle

Join us for a fun and creative TinkerCAD workshop where kids will dive into the exciting world of 3D design by building detailed models of their own town!
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New Annual: Alvin Sputnik - Deep Sea Explorer: The Last Great Hunt

A whimsical, multi-award-winning, one-man, micro-epic puppet show. Meet Alvin Sputnik and be changed forever by this masterful story. You may cry and you will laugh.
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New Annual: Night Night - The Last Great Hunt

Friday 3 October | Saturday 4 October 2025
Go on an extraordinary journey of life, death and other dimensions with multi-award winning theatre company The Last Great Hunt.
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New Annual: SURGE - Tantrum Youth Arts

A one-night-only, high-voltage arts party taking over Newcastle Museum. Immerse yourself in electric live performance, music and art.
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School Holidays: Shrunken Treasures

Create fun and funky miniature furniture and other household treasures using colourful polymer clay.
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School Holidays: Bricks 4 Kidz LEGO® Building and Construction Workshop

Join us for a hands-on workshop with Bricks 4 Kidz exploring how our city works while learning about engineering, design and collaboration.
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School Holidays: Young Architects 5-7 years

Thursday 9 October 2025
In this hands-on workshop, children will become budding architects as they dream up and build their own miniature buildings.
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School Holidays: Young Architects 8-12 years

Thursday 9 October 2025
In this hands-on workshop, children will become budding architects as they dream up and build their own miniature buildings.
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School Holidays: Size Travellers - Drama and Storytelling

Let your imaginations shrink you down to size and back in time to Newcastle but smaller than you know it.
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Book Launch: Newcastle - The Lives and Times of a City by Scott Bevan

One of Newcastle’s most celebrated journalists and broadcasters Scott Bevan is back with a new book, Newcastle: The Lives and Times of a City.
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Model Newcastle: Meet the Makers

Saturday 18 October and Sunday 19 October
Join us at Newcastle Museum for a special weekend celebrating the creativity and craftsmanship of model makers from across the region.
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Model Newcastle: Radio Controlled Ship Building

Tuesday 28 October | Thursday 30 October | Tuesday 4 November | Thursday 6 November 2025
This course introduces participants to the fundamentals of building radio-controlled scale model ships.
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Story Explorers

First Wednesday of each month (during school terms only)
Join us for stories and adventures on the first Wednesday of each month, during school terms, exploring different items in the Museum collection.
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