discovery museum
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Discovery Museum is housed in the old Co-operative Wholesale Society building,
Blandford House. Opening in 1899, it quickly became an iconic building in
Newcastle city centre. Blandford House became a museum in 1978 and was
re-launched as Discovery Museum in 1993. Discovery Museum started life in
Exhibition Park, Newcastle in 1934 as the Municipal Museum of Science and
Industry, the first science museum outside of London. It was housed in the
temporary pavilion that was bui
