Discovery Museum

Discovery Museum is a science museum (link is external) and local history museum which displays many exhibits of local history, including Turbinia (link is external), the 34 metre long ship built by Charles Algernon Parsons (link is external) to test the advantages of using the steam turbine (link is external) to power ships. It also features examples of Joseph Swan (link is external)'s early lightbulbs which were invented on Tyneside.

It houses the regimental museum for the 15th (link is external)/19th The King's Royal Hussars (link is external) and the Northumberland Hussars (link is external), exploring the human side of 200 years of life in the army. It is a "hands-on" museum designed to interest both children and adults.

It is one of the biggest free museums in North East England (link is external), and in 2006 was winner of the North East's Best Family Experience award at the North East England Tourism Awards. It is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & (link is external)Museums (link is external)and sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (link is external).