A popular exhibition showcasing the drawings of renowned renaissance artist, Leonardo Da Vinci, will close on Monday, May 6, 2019. The exhibition, entitled Leonardo Da Vinci: A Life In Drawing, contains 14 of the artist’s sketches and commemorates the 500th anniversary of his death. It began its run at Sunderland […]
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Wallace the lion – a timeline of Sunderland Museum’s famous mascot
Walking down the ground floor of Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, you probably won’t be able to miss Wallace the lion, one of the most famous exhibits of the museum. The stuffed lion was bought by the museum in the late 70s and has been on display for wearsiders ever since. […]
Sunderland Museum hopes online photos will boost visitor numbers
Sunderland Museum is hoping their newly-digitised collection will bring in more visitors. Old photos are the focus of the museum’s new internet project aimed at preserving Wearside’s past for the future. Thousands of historical images from the archives of the museum have been digitised and uploaded to the Flickr website. […]