NEWCASTLE ANTIQUARIES

We are the oldest provincial antiquarian society in the country, founded in 1813. Our library of over 30,000 books and journals is on the second floor of the Great North Museum: Hancock, and is open to the public.Follow this link for opening hours. We own many of the exhibits on display in museums in the region, and our large archives are deposited at Northumberland Archives. Our Unlocking the Archives project, originally funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, has made a number of documents accessible, through digitising and transcribing them... After having been an unincorporated association for over two centuries, at the beginning of 2020 we became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (a CIO) Our new charity registration number is 1188638. We produce an Annual Report and Accounts, and submit yearly returns to the Charity Commissioners. Follow this link for more information... We are the country's oldest provincial antiquarian society. In the two centuries since we were founded in..

Registration numbers: 1188638 (W), 230888 (W)

Primary location: Newcastle United Kingdom