Newcastle's Discovery museum handed nearly £200,000 by National Lottery
A top Newcastle museum has been awarded nearly £200,000 of Lottery funding.
The Discovery Museum on Blandford Square has been awarded £193,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) to develop a new flexible space to host high profile temporary exhibitions.
It is thought the support will help the site bring bigger exhibitions to the North East.
The new space will replace the Working Lives gallery which will close at the end of this year.
Kylea Little, Keeper of History at Discovery Museum said:“The current temporary exhibition space is not suitable for the scale of exhibitions we hope to provide for our visitors.
“In recent years we have had the first ever touring exhibition from The National Archives and we want to deliver higher profile exhibitions with our national museum partners, like the Science Museum, as well as showcasing Discovery Museum’s world-class collections, some of which may never have been displayed before.”
Keith Merrin, Director of North East Museums added: “We know how important it is to keep the visitor offer fresh and interesting. These funds will allow us to create a new flexible space that will enable us to deliver more high-quality exhibitions, experiences and events.
“We’d like to say thank you to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and all Lottery players for supporting this development which will improve the museum experience for our visitors.”