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Visit essentials
Right now
Open
Price
Free
Allow
Quick stop up to half a day
How we use price bands
These are broad planning guides for a typical visit, not exact prices. Check the venue before travelling.
- Free
- No regular admission fee. Parking, donations, travel or optional activities may still cost extra.
- Low
- Usually a small charge or donation, broadly up to £10 per person.
- Medium
- A typical paid visit, broadly around £10–£25 per person or a moderate family ticket.
- High
- Usually a larger day-out cost, broadly over £25 per person or for a family ticket.
About this activity
A free museum, art gallery and indoor winter garden beside Mowbray Park. Displays cover local history, natural history, art and archaeology, while the tropical winter garden includes plants and an elevated viewing walkway. Family activities include a mixture of free and paid sessions. Upstairs galleries close at 4pm even when the main building remains open later.
Opening hours
- monday
- 09:30–17:00
- tuesday
- 09:30–17:00
- wednesday
- 09:30–19:00
- thursday
- 09:30–17:00
- friday
- 09:30–17:00
- saturday
- 10:00–16:00
- sunday
- Closed
Opening times can change. Check the venue website before travelling.
Plan your visit
Location
Burdon Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 1PPKeep exploring
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