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Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time
Free
A photograph by Ian MacDonald. The black and white photograph shows a group of people gathered around a canteen table with wide windows stretching across the wall to their left.

Exhibitions

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

14 Sep 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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People's Art
Free
Wally Dogs - White Staffordshire earthenware pottery with gold lustre. The background is bright red.

Exhibitions

People's Art

13 Sep – 01 Dec 2024
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National Glass Centre

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Children and Young People's Activities

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8-12)

Saturdays, 10am-12pm

8-12

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Arts Centre Washington

Fantastic Fusing
A hexagon shaped tile with an amazing pattern containing red, blue, orange, yellow, green and white glass grains and glass spaghetti.

Children and Young People's Activities

Fantastic Fusing

14 Sep – 28 Oct 2024

6+

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National Glass Centre

Changing Childhoods Trail
A child wearing a black and white top, is leaning over a clipboard with a pencil and paper.

Children and Young People's Activities

Changing Childhoods Trail

14 Sep 2024

4+

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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time
Free
Five female canteen staff catch up at the end of their shift at Redcar Blast Furnace, 1983. They are sitting around a rectangle table. THere is a full length window behind them. .

Exhibitions

Ian Macdonald - Fixing Time

14 Sep – 03 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time
Free
A photograph by Ian MacDonald. The black and white photograph shows a group of people gathered around a canteen table with wide windows stretching across the wall to their left.

Exhibitions

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

14 Sep 2024 – 04 Jan 2025
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Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Heritage Open Days
Free
A large pink H sits above the words Heritage Open Days. These words are blue except Open which is pink.

Special Events

Heritage Open Days

14 – 15 Sep 2024
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National Glass Centre

Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening
Free
A row of terraced houses sit in the background, with a large swathe of green grass in front. On the grass are several police men wearing helmets and carrying shields and batons. They are charging at men dressed in jeans, t-shirts, and sweatshirts.

Exhibitions

Jeremy Deller – The Battle of Orgreave: Screening

14 Sep – 03 Nov 2024
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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

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Arts Centre Washington

Arts Centre Washington

National Glass Centre

National Glass Centre

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Sunderland Museum 
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Learn & Create

Children & Families
A person pulls a funny face while holding onto a wooden machine that looks like a large telescope. Two children stand in front of them laughing.

Children and families

Enjoy creative fun with all the family!

Children & Families
Young People
A young person sits at a table in front of a laptop while another young person stands behind them playing an acoustic guitar. Both look at the computer with concentration.

Young people

Explore opportunities to ignite and nurture your creative future.

Young People
Adults
Two people take a selfie pulling faces in front of a painting. The painting is the ‘Screaming Pope’ by Francis Bacon.

Adults

Come together to try new things and connect with others.

Adults
Schools & Education
A group of school children and two adults walk around a small field of grass that is decorated with colourful, pattern origami sculptures on wire that are stuck into the grass.

Schools & Education

Explore how we can work with your school.

Schools & Education
SEND
An adult and child lie on sports mats on the floor of a gym. They are positioned across from each other with their arms outstretched towards one another.

SEND

Inclusive learning opportunities for young people.

SEND
Young people lean over a canvas painted with a yellow and blue gradient, writing on it with pens.

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