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  2. The Castle, Newcastle - Wikipedia

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    The Keep is a Grade I listed building, and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Castle Keep and Black Gate pre-date the construction of the Newcastle town wall, construction of which started around 1265, and did not include it. The site of the keep is in the centre of Newcastle and lies to the east of Newcastle station.

  3. List of public art in Newcastle upon Tyne - Wikipedia

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    More images: The DNA Spiral Times Square: 2000: Charles Jencks — 4.5 m (15 ft) tall galvanised steel sculpture — [19] More images: Basil Hume: St Mary's Cathedral, Clayton Street: 2002: Nigel Boonham — 3 m (9.8 ft) high bronze statue on a sandstone plinth — [20] More images: Man with Potential Selves Grainger Street: 2003: Sean Henry ...

  4. Laing Art Gallery - Wikipedia

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    The gallery collection contains paintings, watercolours and decorative historical objects, including Newcastle silver. [3] In the early 1880s, Newcastle was a major glass producer in the world and enamelled glasses by William Beilby [ 4 ] are on view along with ceramics (including Maling pottery ), and diverse contemporary works by emerging UK ...

  5. List of museums in Tyne and Wear - Wikipedia

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    Castle Keep: Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle upon Tyne: Historic house: Keep and remains of the medieval castle Centre for Life: Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle upon Tyne: Science: Permanent exhibits about human life Customs House: South Shields: South Tyneside: Art: Arts centre with exhibit gallery, theatre and cinema Discovery Museum: Newcastle ...

  6. Newcastle City Library - Wikipedia

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    Newcastle City Library (also known as the Charles Avison Building) is a library in the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. Completed on 3 March 2009, the building opened on 7 June 2009, and is the city's main public library. The main feature of the building is a long 'glass box' forming the eastern side of the steel frame structure.

  7. Great North Museum: Hancock - Wikipedia

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    The Hatton Gallery is also a part of the Great North Museum Project, but is not relocating to the Hancock, and is remaining in Newcastle University's Fine Art Building. In September 2008, the Great North Museum searched for a lookalike of the Emperor Hadrian , for a photo shoot, whose likeness would feature in a permanent display at the Hancock ...

  8. Balmbra's Music Hall - Wikipedia

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    It seems likely that John and Isabella Balmbra may have retired to Alnwick where Isabella Balmbra died in 1870, two years after her husband’s death in Newcastle on 26 October 1868. Circumstances suggest that Handford took over on New Years Day 1864 and, by way of honouring his friend, he re-branded the Wheatsheaf as Balmbra’s Music Hall.

  9. Newcastle City Hall - Wikipedia

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    The building was designed by Nicholas & Dixon-Spain [2] and opened in 1927 as a part of a development which also included the adjacent Newcastle City Baths. [3] It has since become a venue for orchestras, rock and pop bands, and comedy acts, as well as for celebrity recitals, talks and civic functions. [3]