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# Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history

Our first education service delivered locally with North East Museums will allow
young people in North East England to work with our historic records without
having to travel to London.

Published 26 January 2026

This new opportunity has been made possible by an exciting partnership with Tyne
& Wear Archives based at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum.

> This area has a rich and fascinating history and now for the first time pupils
> can experience working with material from both The National Archives and North
> East Museums’ collections.

Gillian Johnston, Education and Outreach Manager (North East) at The National
Archives

> It’s a privilege and very exciting to be the first organisation in the country
> to work with The National Archives in this way and to be able to bring the
> nation’s historical collections to young people in our region. We’ll be bringing
> the region’s stories to life.

Clare Smith, Learning and Engagement Manager at North East Museums

An example of the documents young people will be able to examine is [HO
144/599/184276](https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14952831/), a
Home Office file about women’s struggle for the right to vote with records about
a suffragette protest in Newcastle in October 1909.

On site sessions will be taught by our experienced educators at Discovery Museum
in Newcastle upon Tyne and in schools. Online workshops are also available.
Secondary schools in the North East of England can book from this week.

The new workshops have been designed to support the Key Stage 3 History
curriculum and GCSE and A-level History courses.

## Contact

If you are a secondary school teacher based in the North East and would like to
find out more, please get in touch.

Email
:   [educationbookingsne@nationalarchives.gov.uk](mailto:educationbookingsne@nationalarchives.gov.uk)  Copy email address

A bursary is available to help eligible schools with the costs of travel to the
workshops.

The project is supported by The National Archives Trust and made possible
through the generosity of Joanna & Graham Barker, the Barbour Foundation,
Gregory Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg, the Bisset Trust, the Schroder Charity
Trust and the Hadrian Trust.

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