If you know of any other great museums and galleries near Edmondsley which aren't listed on DAYoutWITHtheKIDS, please get in contact with us, so we can add them to the website and share the fun places to go with other children - thanks a lot
Museums and Galleries near to Edmondsley
Beamish Open Air Museum (4 miles)
Beamish
Beamish Open Air Museum - makes the past comes to life. Beamish is unique. This is no ordinary museum but a living, working experience of life as it was in the Great North in the early 1800s and 1900s set in over 300 acres of beautiful countryside. A great family day out.
Centre for Life (10 miles)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Centre for Life Life is an award-winning Science Centre full of exciting exhibitions and activities. Life's science explainers are on hand around the Centre to help you get the most out of your visit. Life is home to the North East's only 4D Motion Ride, the biggest planetarium in the North, the Young Explorers' Zone for under 7s, a Science Theatre and various exciting permanent and temporary exhibitions.
Discovery Museum (10 miles)
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Discovery Museum Discovery is the North East’s most popular free museum and the place to find out about life on Tyneside. From the area’s renowned maritime history to world-changing science and technology it has something for everyone. The museum is bursting with hands-on interactives, which makes it the perfect place to learn through play.
Laing Art Gallery (10 miles)
Newcastle upon Tyne
Laing Art Gallery The North East's Large Visitor Attraction of the Year has something for everyone to enjoy. A dynamic exhibition programme brings an exiting variety of art to your doorstep, while fun learning events encourage even the youngest children to get involved. Our impressive permanent collection includes work by John Martin and Henry Moore.
Seven Stories (10 miles)
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Seven Stories The UK's first children's book museum. As well as oodles of books to examine, join in with dressing-up and dramatic fun, story times, creative writing and wordplay, illustration and craft activities.
Great North Museum Hancock (10 miles)
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Great North Museum Hancock A truly stunning day out awaits your children here with spectacular features from live exhibits to mummies, a life-size T-Rex dinosaur skeleton and the planetarium.
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (11 miles)
Sunderland
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens Exciting hands-on exhibits and interactive displays tell the story of Sunderland from its prehistoric past through to the present day.The stunning Winter Gardens stimulates the senses with over 1,500 flowers and plants brought together in a spectacular showcase of the world's natural beauty.
Stephenson Railway Museum (14 miles)
North Shields
Stephenson Railway Museum Re-live the glorious days of the steam railway at the Stephenson Railway Museum.
South Shields Museum and Art Gallery (14 miles)
South Shields
South Shields Museum and Art Gallery Explores the story of South Tyneside through sensational displays, hands-on exhibits and stunning art. Worth timing a visit for an event day.
Toy Museum (16 miles)
North Shields
Toy Museum The Toy Museum has over 4,000 toys on display dating from 1890-1970. We have clockwork and mechanical toys, dolls, prams, cars, puzzles, games, pedal cars and childhood memorabilia.
The Bowes Museum (23 miles)
Barnard Castle
The Bowes Museum A wonderful day of discovery awaits you and your family at The Bowes Museum! Explore the stunning galleries through interactive displays and get arty with our hands-on activities and events. From marvellous masterpieces to curious collections there's something for everyone at The Bowes Museum!
Preston Park and Museum (24 miles)
Stockton On Tees
Preston Park and Museum As well as the Museum, Preston Park also has a range of permanent attractions including a safe surface children's play area, an exciting Adventure Play Ground (new from 2011) and many riverside and woodland paths. You can walk amongst hundreds of beautiful butterflies at Butterfly World, take a ride on the Tees Small Gauge Railway or cruise along the river on Teesside Princess.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (24 miles)
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art welcomes families and in addition to the appealing exhibits themselves offers spirograph table games and art trolley plus interactive art sessions for under 4s.
Dorman Museum (24 miles)
Middlesbrough
Dorman Museum With ever changing exhibitions - 8 galleries and 3 exhibition spaces, there's something for everyone and plenty of hands-on activities, objects and children's trails.
Newbiggin Maritime Centre (25 miles)
Newbiggin by the Sea
Newbiggin Maritime Centre Discover life in a historic fishing village through the interactive exhibitions and thoughtful exhibits. It's next to a play park and a sandy beach with rock pools, so take a picnic and make a day of it!
Killhope Lead Mining Museum (26 miles)
Bishop Auckland
Killhope Lead Mining Museum Voted the Most Family Friendly Museum, take a guided tour of the mine, become a washerboy and find galena. Woodland walks, Red Squirrels, exhibitions, under 7s playpark, shop and cafe a great day out in the country for the whole family.
The Heritage Centre at Bellingham (33 miles)
Bellingham
The Heritage Centre at Bellingham A fabulous local history facility with oodles of interactive bits for younger kids to break up the visit. Regular events held, contact for details.
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum (35 miles)
Saltburn by the Sea
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum The Museum today offers visitors an opportunity to experience the underground world of a real ironstone mine and to explore the skills, customs and life of the Cleveland miner. It was these miners that helped make Cleveland the most important Ironstone mining district in Victorian and Edwardian Britain.
Bailiffgate Museum (41 miles)
Alnwick
Bailiffgate Museum The people and places of North Northumberland are brought to life in lively, interactive style, through an exploration of six engaging themes. A mixture of traditional displays and exciting hands-on activities makes the Museum suitable for all ages.
Ryedale Folk Museum (47 miles)
Pickering
Ryedale Folk Museum Large open air museum for all the family. The museum contains reconstructed buildings including a 1950s post office, iron age roundhouse, Elizabethan manor house and model village, and focuses on life in Ryedale through the ages. The museum also has a Blacksmiths, and livestock such as pigs, sheep and chickens.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery (52 miles)
Carlisle
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Discover, explore and enjoy award winning Tullie House, where historic collections, contemporary arts and family fun are brought together in one impressive museum and art gallery.
Grace Darling Museum (54 miles)
Bambaugh
Grace Darling Museum Learn the story of Grace Darling and discover the details of what happened that stormy night in 1838 when she and her father risked a terrible storm to help those in danger. A RNLI facility.
Eden Camp (58 miles)
Malton
Eden Camp Housed in an original POW camp, a visit to our award winning museum will allow you to experience the sights, the sounds and even the smells of World War Two.We present the most comprehensive display of British Second World War history in the world, and also cover the First world war and post-1945 conflicts.
Textile Towerhouse (61 miles)
Hawick
Textile Towerhouse A beautifully restored building which uses period rooms, figures and audiovisuals to explain the turbulent past of the town and the tower. With a regular programme of changing exhibitions and children's schoolroom.
Coldstream Museum (62 miles)
Coldstream
Coldstream Museum In addition to a varied programme of exhibitions and workshops, the Museum houses permanent displays exploring the history of the parish. Other features include an indoor children's play area, shop and a courtyard with picnic table.
Cumberland Pencil Museum (62 miles)
Keswick
Cumberland Pencil Museum Situated in the heart of the Lake District, itâÂÂs a great all weather attraction for the whole family with lots of things to see and do. ThereâÂÂs a funky kids' art studio, the worldâÂÂs longest coloured pencil, and oodles of free events throughout the year too.
Ilkley Toy Museum (63 miles)
Ilkley
Ilkley Toy Museum The many exhibits feature dolls, dolls houses, teddy bears, tin plate toys, lead figures and a selection of games together with wooden and paper toys. Dating from 350BC to the present day the exhibits include this 1940's English working model fairground.
National Railway Museum (64 miles)
York
National Railway Museum National Railway Museum - for big trains, bigger rides and the biggest day out, come to York, to the worlds largest railway museum. Explore our three giant halls for a complete family experience packed full of incredible trains and interactive fun. Discover the fascinating story of the train.
Yorkshire Museum (64 miles)
York
Yorkshire Museum With archaeology, geology, biology and astronomy collections on view you won't run out of things to look at!
Barley Hall (64 miles)
York
Barley Hall See the sights, handle the objects and experience what it would have been like to live in Medieval England.
Yorks Chocolate Story (64 miles)
York
Yorks Chocolate Story Includes a tour, a tasting, museum, demonstrations and a virtual chocolate factory.
DIG (64 miles)
York
DIG Owned by the same archaeologists who discovered the Viking-Age City and created JORVIK Viking Centre. DIG offers you a unique archaeological adventure to get you on your way to becoming a real archaeologist. This is a one of a kind!
York Castle Museum (65 miles)
York
York Castle Museum One of Britain's leading museums of everyday life. It shows how people used to live by displaying thousands of household objects recreating rooms, shops, whole streets!
Yorkshire Museum of Farming (65 miles)
York
Yorkshire Museum of Farming 14 acres of parkland dedicated to Yorkshire's farming past. Indoor and outdoor fun: livestock pens with lots of animals, adventure playground, toy tractors and plenty of open space. Museum displays include child-friendly interactives. Events run throughout the year and costumed interpreters are on site daily in the summer holidays.
Yorkshire Air Museum (68 miles)
York
Yorkshire Air Museum Experience the tremendous atmosphere of the award-winning Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial whilst admiring fascinating displays, such as the restored Control Tower, Air Gunners Room, and much more.
Lochcarron of Scotland Visitor Centre (69 miles)
Selkirk
Lochcarron of Scotland Visitor Centre Weavers of the world's largest range of Pure New Wool Tartans. Working mill, museum and visitor centre.
Abbey House Museum (70 miles)
Leeds
Abbey House Museum Where you can experience the sights and sounds of life in Victorian Leeds in the year 1880! A journey through the carefully recreated streets and houses of Abbey House Museum is a great day out for all the family.
Lakeland Motor Museum (70 miles)
Grange-over-Sands
Lakeland Motor Museum Over 30,000 motoring related exhibits including many reminiscent rarities, tastefully presented in a rather quaint former Shire Horse Stables and courtyard setting.
Thackray Museum (71 miles)
Leeds
Thackray Museum Visit the award-winning Thackray Museum for a lively and fun day out for everyone. From a Victorian operating theatre to the wonders of modern surgery, the museum's galleries, collections and interactive displays bring to life the history of medicine.
Leeds City Museum (71 miles)
Leeds
Leeds City Museum offers an exciting and fun day out for visitors of all ages. Showcasing hands on exhibitions, displays, interactive games and video displays, the museum is a great cultural addition to the heart of Leeds.
Thanks for all the great things to do and Museums and Galleries near Edmondsley with kids you keep sending in.
Now we have the easter and summer holidays fast approaching, we're trying to find the best days out and as many fun things to do with kids as possible, especially cheap and free family friendly places to visit this year - theme parks, waterparks and swimming pools, museums, indoor playcentres and softplay for toddlers, petting farms, wildlife parks and zoos, aquariums, horse riding, castles, steam railways, pottery making and ceramic cafes, roller and ice skating rinks, karting tracks, snowdomes, dry and indoor ski slopes, climbing walls, activity centres, outdoor play at the best local parks, ten pin bowling alleys and all the other best family tourist attractions, that you can visit at the weekend.
Also teachers may find the site useful for ideas for the best places to take their classes on school journeys with many historical and educational atractions listed
So, if you've been for great days out with the kids, or a school trip, which isn't shown above, just send in an email and we'll add it on so people visiting on holidays and all the other children in Durham can enjoy the great day out as well.
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