A brilliant museum that everyone eagerly awaits its reopening (Hancock Museum (Newcastle))

Member Name: joerobo

Product:	Hancock Museum (Newcastle)
Date:	25/05/09 (181 review reads)
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Advantages: Varied exhibitions

Disadvantages: Little technology

The Hancock is in its own way a quirky museum which houses a combination of permanent exhibitions (birds and Egyptians etc.) with temporary exhibitions. The museum has actually been closed for several years now in a massive restoration project which will see it reopen soon. Its reopening should be exciting since it is a great rainy day location which never gets old, not even the permanent exhibitions.

I mentioned quirky because the museum has had an all manner of exhibitions from dinosaurs to Buffy the vampire slayer. The variety of these exhibitions helps contribute to its longevity and also makes it that bit easier to get reluctant kids into a museum.

Admission prices are very generous as is the shop they operate with mainly pocket money gifts. The museum did not use to sport too much in the way of technology if that bothers you, but this may well have changed when it reopens.

There is also a great and well kept lawn in the front which is a fun way to get rid any boredom built up in the museum by rolling down the hill etc.

Summary: A great place to go on a rainy day