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Discovery Museum

Discovery Museum is a science museum in Newcastle upon Tyne. Its operator is TW Museums. Nearby, Turbinia (100 m) heads a list of 73 within 15 km.

Photo: Discovery Museum, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Newcastle upon Tyne

inside the built-up area

Run by

TW Museums

the operator on record

How well known

Top 10%

#792 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#792 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Newcastle upon Tyne

Discovery Museum is inside Newcastle upon Tyne’s built-up area, with 34 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

Warm weather in Newcastle upon Tyne runs June to September, with highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°45 mm

Mar10° / 3°41 mm

Apr12° / 5°51 mm

May15° / 8°44 mm

Jun18° / 10°64 mm

Jul20° / 12°61 mm

Aug20° / 12°69 mm

Sep17° / 10°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°64 mm

Nov10° / 4°72 mm

Dec7° / 2°56 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Newcastle upon Tyne, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Newcastle upon Tyne. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Newcastle upon Tyne’s full climate →

About

Discovery Museum

9 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Type: Museum
Run by: TW Museums
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: in Newcastle upon Tyne
Official site: discoverymuseum.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Discovery Museum is

Orange: Discovery Museum.

Towns near it

Towns near Discovery Museum

Among the 8, Newcastle upon Tyne is the biggest, home to 286,472 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Newcastle upon Tyne

286,472 people · 46 places to visit

2 · 1 km southeast of it

Gateshead

115,278 people · 49 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km west of it

Blaydon

14,237 people · 35 places to visit

4 · 3.2 km southwest of it

Whickham

15,680 people · 33 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Discovery Museum is	People	Places to visit
Newcastle upon Tyne	It’s in town	286,472	46
Gateshead	1 km southeast of it	115,278	49
Blaydon	2.7 km west of it	14,237	35
Whickham	3.2 km southwest of it	15,680	33
Longbenton	4.8 km northeast of it	26,882	35
Sunniside	6 km southwest of it	3,422	9
Wallsend	7.4 km northeast of it	45,351	42
Jarrow	9 km east of it	29,467	19

Make a day of it

What else is near Discovery Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 73 more, including 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.

MuseumTurbinia100 m away 2

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral900 m away 3

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral300 m away 4

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle900 m away 5

MuseumCentre for Life300 m away · 225K visitors a year 6

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock1.5 km away · 638K visitors a year 7

Art galleryBALTIC Centre1.7 km away 8

FortNewcastle town wall300 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to Discovery Museum: questions

Where is Discovery Museum?

Discovery Museum is in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Discovery Museum?

Science museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Who runs Discovery Museum?

TW Museums.

When is the best time to visit Discovery Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Newcastle upon Tyne, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Discovery Museum?

Within 15 km: Turbinia (100 m), Newcastle Cathedral (900 m), St Mary's Cathedral (300 m) and Newcastle upon Tyne Castle (900 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Discovery Museum: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Centre for Life: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
BALTIC Centre: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle town wall: User:Dbam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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