Please note SeaChange cafe will close at 2pm on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th July.

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Explore centuries of history and the wonders of the natural world

Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners' Strike

A painting of the back yard windows of a council house. There are six watering cans hanging below the two window sills.

Exhibitions

Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners' Strike

12 Sep 2025 – 03 Jan 2026

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Traintastic

Three small children stand in a class room holding up small paper crafted trains

Children and Young People's Activities

Traintastic

19 Jul – 30 Aug 2025

All ages

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Terrific Train Trail

A large model of a green steam engine. The chimney is black.

Children and Young People's Activities

Terrific Train Trail

19 Jul – 05 Sep 2025

Ages 4+

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Green Exercise in the Community Garden

A community garden with a curved fence. The garden has a tree in the centre. There is a large green toy frog next to the tree. There is a square sign on the fencing with a colourful cartoon printed onto it.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Green Exercise in the Community Garden

23 Jul – 17 Dec 2025

Ages 50+

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Six people, dressed in warm winter clothes, stand in a garden with Sunderland Museum behind them.

Children and Young People's Activities

How Does Your Garden Grow?

24 Jul – 11 Dec 2025

All ages

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Arty Fridays: Clay Model Making - Clay Creations

A female child with very dark brown hair with a pink headband sits at a desk modelling a clay pot. The table has a red tablecloth. The tablecloth has teddy bears printed over the red.

Children and Young People's Activities

Arty Fridays: Clay Model Making - Clay Creations

25 Jul 2025

Ages 4+

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History Mondays: Sunderland Saxons

A male child wearing a red hoodie and blue baseball cap, and a female child wearing a top with pink hearts engage in a craft activity on the floor of a museum. Next to them is a plastic human skeleton.

Children and Young People's Activities

History Mondays: Sunderland Saxons

28 Jul 2025

Ages 4+

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Five people stand around a wooden table displaying historical and scientific artifacts inside a modern, well-lit room. Items on the table include a blue vintage garment, display cases with preserved specimens, a bowl, and various documents. The group appears to be part of a workshop or educational event, and the atmosphere is casual and collaborative.

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens collection to reach new audiences through UK-wide touring exhibition

7th May

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens is one of 20 organisations across the UK taking part in Going Places – a landmark £5.36m exhibition programme from Art Fund.

Learn & Create

Schools & Education

Two children dressed in green and white school uniform drawing a taxidermy grey squirrel in a clear box.

Schools & Education

Explore a rich collection of history and nature with educational workshops for all ages and subjects or bring the museum to your school with our loan service.

Schools & Education

Adults

Three individuals holding Pyrex bowls. The person on the left holds a black bowl with snowflakes. The person in the middle a green bowl with clover. The individual on the right holds two smaller white bowls.

Adults

Regular activities and opportunities to get creative for adults.

Adults

Celebrate Different Collective

A group of six stand round a table. They are looking at pieces of paper in front of them.

Young People

Join our Celebrate Different Collective – our young ambassadors’ group for ages 13-25. Plan projects, co-produce and run cultural events, and learn new skills from artists.

Celebrate Different Collective