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National Glass Centre
Discover the art of glassmaking and its roots in the city
Exhibitions
People's Art
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![People's Art - Wally Dogs Wally Dogs - White Staffordshire earthenware pottery with gold lustre. The background is bright red.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/Peoples-Art-Wally-Dogs.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Exhibitions
People's Art
01 Sep – 01 Dec 2024
National Glass Centre
Visit Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
![Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland A large grey room with a polished cement floor and large abstract paintings hung on the wall. Two people are gesturing at one painting in front of them and smiling.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Plan-your-visit-NGCA-1.jpg?resize=1992%2C1245&gravity)
We’re home to Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
Based inside National Glass Centre, the gallery showcases contemporary art in a range of media from talented national and international artists.
Visit Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
Learn & Create
Schools & Education
![School workshops at National Glass Centre, Sunderland A group of school children stand in a workshop that has by tables with art supplies on them and various pieces of equipment. An adult at the head of the circle talks to the group looking down at something in front of them.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/NGC-Learn-and-Create-Image-2.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Schools & Education
Educational workshops for various ages and subjects as well as guidance for self-led visits.
Schools & Education
Children & Families
![Glassmaking demonstrations at National Glass Centre, Sunderland. A group of children and adults stand behind a barrier and watch as molten glass is poured out of a metal ladle and into a dish of sand.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/310516-NGC-06-copy.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Children & Families
Enjoy your family trip with fun activities and trails to inspire little ones.
Children & Families
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![Children's activities at National Glass Centre, Sunderland A child wearing an orange backpack looks through a pink piece of plastic they are holding in their hand. Another child behind them is wearing a pink backpack and looking down at a booklet they're holding.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/08/DSC2163-copy.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
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Make the most of your visit with fun activities and safe spaces for SEND children and young people.
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Plan your visit
![Riverside entrance, National Glass Centre. An angular glass and metal building, the National Glass Centre, with a large paved area in front of it with wooden benches.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/NGC-photo-by-Keith-Paisley.jpg?resize=1992%2C1245&gravity)
Plan Your Visit
Find out how to get here and about our facilities before you visit
Plan your visit
![Balcony in National Glass Centre Two children wearing colourful backpacks walk along a balcony in a glass building. At the end is a rounded, metal pod-shaped room with a window in the side.](https://images.sunderlandculture.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Children-Backbacks-Long-gallery-copy.jpg?resize=25%2C10&gravity)
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