The North of England's premier Natural History Museum unravels the secrets of the natural world through sensational galleries and close encounters with reptiles and insects.
For more than one hundred years the Museum has provided visitors with an insight into the animal kingdom and the powerful and sometimes destructive forces of nature. From the Dinosaurs to live animals, the Hancock is home to creatures past and present and even the odd Egyptian mummy or two...
The Hancock Museum is managed by Tyne and Wear Museums on behalf of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
The museum is within the campus of the Newcastle University. This also hold two other small museums; the Museum of Antiquities and the Shefton Museum. These are for Roman and Greek exhibits.