South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Based at the bottom of King St the Shields museum is funded by the council and is free for anyone to go inside. The displays vary all year round and have quite a bit of local history inside of them.
Although the museum itself is quite small some of the diaplya are very informative and appeal to people of all ages. I think that the council could do more to promote this place as very few people know about it and even more so know that it is free to enter and have a look around.
The museum is ideal for people who are on there way to the beach to take in a little history of the town and will get you to know the place a little better.

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery is a free museum funded by the council, in South Shields city centre. It has recently been refurbished, though I have not been inside for over a year now so am not sure what the refurbishment entailed!

Bearing in mind that is it free it is obviously worth a look around. I particularly like the Catherine Cookson-esque street scenes, and also... the old fashioned sweetie shop. It sells loads of classic old sweets - it's always packed with kids, for obvious reasons! Definitely try the cinder toffee and the cola cubes!!!

For the more cultured types there are often art displays upstairs. There is WC access too so it is easily accessible to all of the public.

You can find out more about the current displays and exhibitions by going to their website: http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/southshields/