Sunderland Museum, Winter Gardens — Attraction in Sunderland

I visited the EMERGE Design Degree Show on the Gallery on the 2nd floor. There is mobility access and a lift. It is a show of the work Sunderland University graduating in BA (Hons) Illustration and Design. - Fashion Design & Promotion - Fashion Product & Promotion. - Animation & Games Art. - and finally, Graphic Design. All BA (Hons) well. I was stunned by sine of the work. It is very hard to restrain yourself from wanting to touch the items. You can feel their energy drawing you in. I was in there for almost 2hrs. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys, up-to-date Art, I'll call it as other words for where "we" are now seems to trigger people into some sort of mumbo jumbo.

The Talkers Crisps display I could smell the Cheese & Onion. There is a beautiful book to accompany your tour and it's free. So another bonus there. There should be more of these things. GCSE art and design A Level art should be shown too. I loved it. As a side note there is a special area displaying the glass artwork of Anthony Amoako - Attah. I've never heard of him before but I want to say his glass exhibition caught me by my emotions. I could almost feel the material. It is something just less than a miracle how he has produced this amazing work. I just can't see how he's done it. See first photo below for the information. If you can find time drag everyone you know to this fantastic art exhibition from students now and one from an earlier time. You'll feel better afterwards. No matter your biorhythms. I've out 9 photos up. I sincerely hope this gives you a flavour (sounds cheesy) of the exhibition. There are lots of other things to see too. Pyrex comes to mind. Who knew Sunderland was the...

What a great place! My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our visit. For what is only a modestly sized space this museum certainly punches above its weight.

The approach showed a setting by a charming lake within a park. Several aspects of this could be enjoyed, such as watching birds, strolling to appreciate the scenes, sitting to enjoy some fresh air and sunshine, and more.

There is a pleasant cafe on the lake-side entry. It has views into the glass-enclosed winter garden. Note that access to this and the museum can be via a wheelchair-friendly ramp.

The museum has a good range of well curated exhibits. The various sections do a great job of showcasing the fascinating and deep history and archaeology of Sunderland.

I particularly liked to see the strong educational emphasis. This ranged from answering the question, how do we know (basically how historians and archaeologists gather evidence), to a thoughtful presentation relating to WW1 (it is November), and a number of (well-behaved) groups of school children being given tours by teachers.

The winter garden copes well in its glass house. It too is well set up for children.

There is a small art gallery atop the museum. It is packed with paintings and badly needs more space to do them justice.

The city library is also attached and accessed via the museum. They are friendly and can offer some tourist information resources.

Overall, definitely 5 stars. Be...

I went to see the Leonardo De Vinci special event without knowing how big the museum is. It was good to see a large lift was there to take me to the second (top) floor where that exhibition was and the whole building is great for people with mobility difficulties and prams/pushchairs.

With a wide variety of different themed rooms with everything from pottery to mining, art to quilting and a wide variety of history around the region, and Sunderland in particular, as well as the impressive Winter Gardens, this was a great way of spending at least 4 hours.

The Holmeside Coffee cafe/restaurant has a good menu with good vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options, and the food and hot drinks were very tasty. The staff were all very friendly and this is somewhere I would go to eat if I lived in the city.

The only downside was the lift in the Winter Gardens was out of order and a couple of the videos weren't working, but this is to be expected in such a busy and we'll frequented museum. With no entrance fee to speak of, it's amazing value for money as you can leave donations to suit your wallet...