Great North Museum: Hancock

The museum is free entry, and at the moment also has an adventure type story that you can do. museum is fairly large, and really well presented. the content might not be to everyone's taste - and i guess there were some areas that the kids found far more interesting / fun than others. the adventure trail thing was a nice change, the museum had gathered various objects and gave them a category of attack / defence or wisdom. we had great fun trying to decide which of each we were going to take (we chose the guardian as defence, the tiger and wolf as attack and a hat as wisdom!) when you get started you have the choice of three trails - forest, sea or mountains. you follow the map to find elements of the story around the museum. we was going to do another one, but we just didn't get a chance (time) in the end! we also used the cafe, which was reasonable (and the wife said it was one of the best hot chocolates she had had for a while!) we also visited the planetarium (which costs a little extra) which was good fun to do, although probably our youngest didn't get much out of it. we had a fab day out and was probably there for about 3.5 hrs in total.

It’s brilliant museum for family time or you are interested to learn about ice age, romance, nature or different cultures. entrance is free also they have clean area inside and outside for rest and lunch box, clean toilets and friendly staffs. i %100 recommend visit this museum if you have a plan to stay in newcastle.

Visited the hancock whilst sean the sheep hunting! accessible access from the side, and fully accessible throughout. short walk from the haymarket. free to enter. good range of animals, fossils and artefact. also has a planetarium. nice little cafe. enjoyed our visit and would go back again.

Very good museum for what it is. focus strongly on children, possibly because of school holidays. range of collections. egyptian, roman, lots of stuffed animals. an old fashioned museum in a sense. no real need for stuffed animals when you can watch animal park. very good reasonably priced gift shop. decent cafe. well designed. worth a visit.

This is an amazing museum for both kids and parents. you can connect to world history. specially you can get to see fossils,20000 different beatles family, dinosaur skeleton, under sea corals and gems. best part is egypt section.paradise for kids extra kids changing room,kids play room , drawing room available. wheelchair accessible. well managed.