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Tuesday Museum Club: Ships and Shipbuilding
A room in a museum with red walls. On the walls are paintings of ships along with signage from shipyards. There are large wooden crates traditionally used on ships. The front sections are removed. Inside is various maritime related objects.

Children and Young People's Activities

Tuesday Museum Club: Ships and Shipbuilding

09 Sep 2025

Ages 5 - 11

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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Free
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?

11 Sep – 11 Dec 2025

All ages

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Mini Science Club
Two toddlers engage in science based activities whilst adults encourage.

Children and Young People's Activities

Mini Science Club

19 Sep – 17 Oct 2025

Ages 1 – 4

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Creepy Creatures Trail
A white wolf surrounded by other animals including a deer and an emu

Children and Young People's Activities

Creepy Creatures Trail

04 Oct – 01 Nov 2025

Ages 4+

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Eco Fest
Free
A boy in a black baseball camp stands besides a homemade green robot

Children and Young People's Activities

Eco Fest

04 Oct 2025

All ages

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Tuesday Museum Club: Rain Forests
Lots of green foliage with pink and yellow buttons. A butterfly with red wings sits on one of the pink flowers.

Children and Young People's Activities

Tuesday Museum Club: Rain Forests

 

 

07 Oct 2025

£3.50 per child

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Exhibitions

Exhibition Preview: Going Back Brockens
Free
A beautifully detailed painting of a stormy sky with deep navy blue and white clouds. In front of the clouds protruding from the base of the painting are swaithes of criss-crossing steel girders that make up structural supports.

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Exhibition Preview: Going Back Brockens

11 Sep 2025
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Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners' Strike
Free
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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Adult workshops & Activities

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Threads
Free
Five women sit around a table. They are knitting. All the women look to be retirement age. They are smiling.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Threads

09 Sep – 07 Oct 2025
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Creative Age
Free
An old lady in a flowery top sits at a table. She is engaging with arts and crafts

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

10 Sep – 22 Oct 2025

Ages 50+

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Mowbray Movers
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

Mowbray Movers

10 Sep – 17 Dec 2025

Ages 50+

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Lunar Meditation Circles: Samhain Shamanic Wellness Circle
A table with tarot cards, a large book with black cover and binding, a blue birds feather, a key, a skull, and pumpkins

Adult Workshops and Activities

Lunar Meditation Circles: Samhain Shamanic Wellness Circle

28 Oct 2025

16+

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Special Events

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Heritage Open Days: Vintage Bus Tour
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A single decker bus parked on grass. The bus is green, yellow, and white with the words Sunderland Busways on the front and side. Special and A are being displayed on the front.

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Heritage Open Days: Vintage Bus Tour

13 Sep 2025
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Heritage Open Days: Volunteer History Tours
Free
Several people, all over 50 years old on a tour of an art gallery. The tour guide is pointing at a large painting of a naval scene.

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Heritage Open Days: Volunteer History Tours

16 – 18 Sep 2025
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Talk: Sunderland's Architectural Treasures
Monkwearmouth Station by Thomas Moore, built in 1848 is a large station building in sandstone with four columns that lead into the main section of the building. There are two further wings of the structure, located left and right of the main entrance.

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Talk: Sunderland's Architectural Treasures

18 Sep 2025

Ages 16+

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