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Terrific Train Trail
A large model of a green steam engine. The chimney is black.

Children and Young People's Activities

Terrific Train Trail

29 Aug – 05 Sep 2025

Ages 4+

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Science Fridays: Sweet Science
A boy of approximately ten years old is at a desk. He is wearing a beige hoody. He has a bowl haircut and has mousey hair. He has safety glasses on and is stirring a liquid in a clear beaker.

Children and Young People's Activities

Science Fridays: Sweet Science

29 Aug 2025

Ages 4+

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Traintastic
Free
Three small children stand in a class room holding up small paper crafted trains

Children and Young People's Activities

Traintastic

30 Aug 2025

All ages

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History Mondays: A to Z
Three children and two adults taker part in a craft activity on a white table. There are lots of coloured tissue paper on the table

Children and Young People's Activities

History Mondays: A to Z

01 Sep 2025

Ages 4+

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Wellbeing Wednesdays
Free
A young girl dressed in an anorak and wearing headphones strikes a disco pose. She is holding a yellow toy.

Children and Young People's Activities

Wellbeing Wednesdays

03 Sep 2025
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
Free
Six people, dressed in warm winter clothes, stand in a garden with Sunderland Museum behind them.

Children and Young People's Activities

How Does Your Garden Grow?

04 Sep – 11 Dec 2025

All ages

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Exhibitions

Exhibition Preview: Going Back Brockens
Free
A beautifully detailed painting of a stormy sky with deep navy blue and white clouds. In front of the clouds protruding from the base of the painting are swaithes of criss-crossing steel girders that make up structural supports.

Exhibitions

Exhibition Preview: Going Back Brockens

11 Sep 2025
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Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners' Strike
Free
A painting of the back yard windows of a council house. There are six watering cans hanging below the two window sills.

Exhibitions

Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners' Strike

12 Sep 2025 – 03 Jan 2026
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Adult workshops & Activities

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Mowbray Movers
A community garden with a curved fence. The garden has a tree in the centre. There is a large green toy frog next to the tree. There is a square sign on the fencing with a colourful cartoon printed onto it.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Mowbray Movers

03 Sep – 17 Dec 2025

Ages 50+

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Threads
Free
Five women sit around a table. They are knitting. All the women look to be retirement age. They are smiling.

Adult Workshops and Activities

Threads

09 Sep – 07 Oct 2025
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Creative Age
Free
An old lady in a flowery top sits at a table. She is engaging with arts and crafts

Adult Workshops and Activities

Creative Age

10 Sep – 22 Oct 2025

Ages 50+

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Lunar Meditation Circles: Samhain Shamanic Wellness Circle
A table with tarot cards, a large book with black cover and binding, a blue birds feather, a key, a skull, and pumpkins

Adult Workshops and Activities

Lunar Meditation Circles: Samhain Shamanic Wellness Circle

28 Oct 2025

16+

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Special Events

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Heritage Open Days: Vintage Bus Tour
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A single decker bus parked on grass. The bus is green, yellow, and white with the words Sunderland Busways on the front and side. Special and A are being displayed on the front.

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Heritage Open Days: Vintage Bus Tour

13 Sep 2025
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Heritage Open Days: Volunteer History Tours
Free
Several people, all over 50 years old on a tour of an art gallery. The tour guide is pointing at a large painting of a naval scene.

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Heritage Open Days: Volunteer History Tours

16 – 18 Sep 2025
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Talk: Sunderland's Architectural Treasures
Monkwearmouth Station by Thomas Moore, built in 1848 is a large station building in sandstone with four columns that lead into the main section of the building. There are two further wings of the structure, located left and right of the main entrance.

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Talk: Sunderland's Architectural Treasures

18 Sep 2025

Ages 16+

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