How can museums and libraries respond to the 21st century?

Event date 3 November 2015 18:00 – 20:00

Location Discovery Museum Blandford Square Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4JA

Should our museums, libraries and community centres also become places of collaborative design and making? Led by Professor Bob Young, a panel of experts will discuss and debate referencing a series of design artefacts. This event is free but booking is essential.

Contacts

Rik Kendall

Press contact PR and Media Manager Business and Law / Arts, Design & Social Sciences rik.kendall@northumbria.ac.uk 07923 382339

Andrea Slowey

Press contact PR and Media Manager Engineering and Environment / Health and Life Sciences andrea.slowey@northumbria.ac.uk 07708 509436

James Fox

Press contact Student Communications Manager james2.fox@northumbria.ac.uk

Kelly Elliott

Press contact PR and Media Officer kelly2.elliott@northumbria.ac.uk

Rachael Barwick

Press contact PR and Media Manager rachael.barwick@northumbria.ac.uk 07377422415

Ruth Lognonne

Press contact PR and Media Officer ruth.lognonne@northumbria.ac.uk 07971274253

Gemma Brown

Press contact PR and Media Officer gemma6.brown@northumbria.ac.uk

Woon Art Prize winner’s work exhibited at Gallery North

Striking artwork from the winner of prestigious Woon Foundation Art Prize 2014 will has gone on display at the Gallery North this month.

3 September 2015 11:55

COMMENT: What museums must do to ensure art is protected

Jean Brown, a teaching fellow at Northumbria University, Newcastle comments on what museums must do to ensure art is protected whilst still being accessible to the public.