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Armstrong gave £11,500 towards the building of Newcastle's Hancock Natural History Museum, which was completed in 1882. This sum is equivalent to over £555,000 in 2010. Lord Armstrong's generosity extended beyond his death.
The Great North Museum: Hancock is a museum of natural history and ancient civilisations in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The museum was established in 1884 and was formerly known as the Hancock Museum. In 2006 it merged with Newcastle University's Museum of Antiquities and Shefton Museum to form the Great North Museum. The museum reopened as ...
William Armstrong was born on 26 November 1810 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of a corn merchant. [4] Trained as a solicitor, he moved to London before he was twenty. Returning to Newcastle, in 1835 he met and married Margaret Ramshaw, the daughter of a build
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong: Barras Bridge, outside the Great North Museum: Hancock: 1905-6: Hamo Thornycroft: William Henry Knowles Bronze statue with a sandstone screen wall, steps and relief panels Grade II: Q26586754 [8] [2] [3] [4] More images: Queen Victoria: Grounds of the Royal Victoria Infirmary: 1906: George Frampton —
The key events in the history of the NHSN are as follows. [2] NHSN was formed on 19 August 1829 as an offshoot of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, which had been founded in 1793. It was initially named the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, and acquired its present name later.
Discovery Museum: Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle upon Tyne: Multiple: Science, local history, shipbuilding and industrial heritage, Turbinia, first steam turbine powered steamship, regimental museum for the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars and the Northumberland Hussars, costumes, art exhibits of painting, photography and sculpture Fulwell ...
May 1—WAPAKONETA — The Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta is seeking submissions for artwork as part of its logo design contest for the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to ...
The museum was located in the Department of Classics in the Armstrong Building of the main University campus. It was founded in 1956 by Professor Brian B. Shefton with a grant of £20 from the university's Rector, Charles Bosanquet. [1] Since then the collection has grown to over 800 objects. [1]