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Norman Cornish: The Definitive Collection @ The Bowes Museum
01 August 2020 - 17 January 2021
Celebrating the centenary of acclaimed artist Norman Cornish MBE, this major retrospective tells the story of his enduring career with the most comprehensive collection of his work ever assembled, including a number of previously unseen pieces.
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blimey! Lucretia @ The Bowes Museum
01 August 2020 - 11 October 2020
This exhibition is based on a collective response to Guido Reni’s Death of Lucretia painting. Showcasing the patches that people have sewn with their interpretation of what the painting represents.
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Space Zone! @ Life Science Centre
12 September 2020 - 31 December 2020
All the stars of Space Zone are back, including Mission Control; a mock-up of the International Space Station that you can walk around inside; and the digital globe, The Sphere. Younger visitors can also enjoy the show Naughty Monsters Explore the Planets in the North's biggest planetarium (with socially distanced seating, of course).
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SCIENCE SPEAKEASY: IS DEMOCRACY DEAD IN THE DIGITAL AGE? @ Life Science Centre
08 October 2020
With many people now wise to fake news and propaganda spread via platforms like Facebook, what tactics will candidates in the 2020 US Presidential election employ? Will we see a fairer race to The White House or is more drastic action needed to save democracy?
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CANCELLED - Colourful Discoveries @ Discovery Museum
24 October 2020 - 21 February 2021
Step into a world of colour and discover interesting objects through a kaleidoscope lens. Some of those objects will celebrate landmark anniversaries including 40th birthdays for Tyne & Wear Metro, the Great North Run and Discovery Museum itself – all launched in 1980.
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Something spooky is coming to Lightwater Valley Theme Park this Half Term from Saturday, 24th – Saturday, 31st October.
The North Yorkshire theme park is hosting a hocus pocus half term full of activities to keep young families eerily entertained in-between rides.
See www.lightwatervalley.co.uk
Lightwater Valley The Ultimate Family day out in Ripon, Yorkshire
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PREVIEW: Durham Book Festival
28th September 2020
Founded in 1990, Durham Book Festival is one of the country’s oldest literary festivals, which traditionally takes place every October in some of Durham’s most impressive historic venues, but this year it will be taking place online due to COVID-19.
PREVIEW: The Life Centre are over the Moon to safely welcome visitors back to Space Zone!
21st September 2020
All the stars of Space Zone are back, including Mission Control; a mock-up of the International Space Station that you can walk around inside; and the digital globe, The Sphere. Younger visitors can also enjoy the show Naughty Monsters Explore the Planets in the North's biggest planetarium (with socially distanced seating, of course).
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