Take no notice of the mini-map - it is wrong. The museum is located on Grand Parade. The address is…read morecorrect. We visited on a drizzly June Sunday in 2010 and were pleasantly surprised. Admission was cheap and it passed an hour or so. The exhibits remind you of a bedroom quickly tidied with the arrival of visitors. There is no logic to the displays, they simply are. Famous names sit next to anonymous teddy bears. Virtually every type of toy is represented. Modern toys and games sit alongside favourites of days gone by. We were able to show our 11 and 8 year olds toys which we had as children. The museum is well worth a visit.

good value great place to visit always well maintained grounds and interesting exhibitsread more

The museum and grounds,with playpark,offer a great value day out.The museum is free to enter,and I…read morewas pleasently surprised with what was inside.There is safe open fields outside where the children can run about etc all day,plus the playpark.We never tried the food place,as we took a picnicits more fun that way isn't it? There was not one moan from any of the children..(5, altogether,from 2 to 14)..they all seemed very happyand interested in the museum.Never got into the Owl sanctuary as it was closedand looked quite expensive anyway.But we all enjoyed the dayand look forward to going again.

The buildings,two cottages ,were going to be pulled down which would have been a great shame. They…read moreare picturesque and old and a good piece of Filey history would have been lost.Looking at the outside I never dreamed how much history would be inside.There is quite a few rooms and lots of info with audio commentries. My Dad was from an old Filey family so I was able to see how it was when he grew up. I also read a local newspaper from the year I was born.There is a lot about how Filey developed. There is a nice garden at the back and they let dogs in it if they are well behaved.The whole place is beautifully kept and a credit it to its volunteers.The out side is painted white and I have never seen it look other than clean and bright.If you go look out for the old plaque which says the fear of god be in you and a date. Check the times if you as it doesnt open in Winter.

When we went in the staff were really friendly, I really found this place interesting not as much…read moreto see as i thought but worth looking at. A bit expensive to get in though, you can get discount if you go to the botanic gardens first, which we didnt find out until after. Some really beautiful pieces of history in this museum, you can tell these items are really good quality and I am sure they would be expensive to buy. I would definately recommend this place.

This place is smaller than I first expected. It has always been very quiet when we have visited and…read moreis a place whre you do need to keep a very close eye on children. There is a dressing up box for children and some hands on exhibits. Occassionally there is live music which is fabulous.

Great day out packed full of interesting things to see. I've been coming here since I was a kid,…read moreand always enjoy a visit, learning something new about the local history each time. With free entry, and in town, it's definitely worth including it in your day travels.

Another nice and interesting museum in Newcastle, definitely a city of cultural delights. The…read moreDiscovery Museum mostly focuses on telling the story of the city and of the Northeast in general. It goes through the good times and the bad times in the city, including the coal mining boom, the poverty, the World Wars, the politics, everything is covered. There are real life examples- interviews with real Newcastle people over the years, and plenty of interesting memorabilia as well. It's a very cool place. There are also sections devoted to science and technology, and the discoveries made by people from the area. There is a good café with excellent prices, and a nice little shop too. A big advantage of this museum for families is that the exhibits are quite interactive, and should keep children interested as well. Best of all, it's all free. However, if you can, please do donate to keep important institutions like this one accessible to all.

Interesting museum with a displays about various aspects of the criminal justice system locally…read more Quite expensive for a small museum but worth the money. There is a rather good audio commentary but unfortunately it does not work as intended because there is a very poor mobile signal and the free Wi-Fi does not work in the main exhibition areas, it only works close to reception. Doubtless this is due to the thick walls of the former jail, but if the investment in Wi-Fi that covered the whole place could be made, it would enable visitors to make full use of some good material (which I listened to later when connected elsewhere). Anyway, that aside, it is an interesting place with plenty of exhibits and explanations about the misery of being a prisoner in that building, and memorabilia relating to the police.

I have allways loved the James herriot books and was keen to visit this place. I wasn't…read moredisappointed and there was so much to see.It was more real than I could have dreamed.A lot is just as it was and you could imagine them in the dining room and the dispensry was amazing. We sat in the gardena and it was like something out of my childhood and I allmost expected to see a young Herriot sleeping in a pram.A lot of the kitchen stuff etc. were things I remembered seeing in use years ago.I watch the repeats of the programmes with new eyes.

Just of the metro this is a great fort with a musuem and a contrsuted batch house, this is pretty…read moremuch where the wall ends and you can walk around the fort though there isnt much there compaired with other places along hadrians wall what there is is the excellent musuem with display of artifacts and loads of intereactive games to play They have recontrusted diffenent parts of the barracks so that you can see rooms as they would have been. Outside they have contrusted a full bath house with hot and cold rooms replica toilets and plunge baths The tower house has great views of the surronding area where the ships used to be built the musuesm also has a gallery on the coal and ship building industry of the area. There is a nice little cafe and a good shop full of nice jewelly books and games for children

Anyone interested in Roman History should visit this site.Literally the end of the Roman Wall,sited…read moreat Wallsend on the banks the river Tyne.This site was uncovered when the old Simpsons Hotel was demolished.Swan Hunters shipbuilders clock stands at the entrance (another sign of times gone by)There are the foundations of the Roman buildings and a fully reconstructed bath house as well as a portion of the wall itself and a section of the wall reconstructed that you can actually walk upon to get the true feeling.They have an observation tower and a museum.Throughout the year there are special events when the Romans come alive and centurians walk the surrounding areas.There is the usual tea room and gift shop.Easily reached from Wallsend Metro approx 500yds up the road.Well worth a visit for young and all.

So much fun! We had to drag the kids away…read more All indoors and the staff were funny, friendly and full of knowledge.