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Relaxed Openings at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Free
A view inside the Winter Gardens at Sunderland Museum. There are lots of plants that climb to a giant glass roof. There are several people on a platform looking over the foliage.ke in Mowbray Park. A pond with ducks and other birds in a park. On the other side of the pond is a modern building with a large glass dome. Tree branches with leaves hang over the top of the image. The sky is blue with white clouds.

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Relaxed Openings at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

18 Feb 2026

16-35

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Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival: Autonomy Takeover Day
Free
Two hands with palms up hold a wooden cube. The cube has a pattern, drawn in black ink across it's surface. In the foreground is a table top. It's surface, once painted grey has faded and the paint is missing in sections.

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Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival: Autonomy Takeover Day

21 Feb 2026

Ages 11+

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Bright Lights Youth Art Festival: Secrets and Shadows - Sunderland’s Dark Past
Free
A spooky night time Victorian scene with a shadowy figure wearing a top hat and Inverness cape coat. The shadowy figure is carrying a walking cane and a lantern. There is mist all around him. A distant clock tower lights the way. There are bats flying through the mist. In the forground is a graveyard.

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Bright Lights Youth Art Festival: Secrets and Shadows - Sunderland’s Dark Past

23 Feb 2026

Ages 11+

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Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival: Creative Arts Takeover Event
Free

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Bright Lights Youth Arts Festival: Creative Arts Takeover Event

24 Feb 2026

Ages 11+

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