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Until 30 May 2024
National Glass Centre

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Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

The new entrance for NGCA Main Gallery is located down the righthand side of the National Glass Centre building on the Riverside. Please follow the signage outside of National Glass Centre or ask at National Glass Centre's visitor services desk.

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Alongside a range of studio glass you can browse jewellery and prints made by local artists.
Gift vouchers are available too – making buying the perfect unique gift even easier!

Delivery Available!

Update to visitors 

As you may be aware, National Glass Centre visitor centre has recently been closed due to storm damage to the riverside front of the building.

However, we’re delighted to say that we are now open!

Things will be a little bit different for a while as we continue to address the storm damage to the riverside front of the building. But our team has worked hard to make changes so that we can offer visitors a packed programme of exhibitions, events, activities and shopping.

Our Glass Yard café has also now relocated upstairs so pop in for a hot drink and sweet treat!

Please read our reopening information before your visit.

What's On

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Stained Glass Leaded Technique, Beginners Level

Sun 05-May-2024 - Sun 16-Jun-2024
National Glass Centre

Glass Tableware Taster Session

Sun 05-May-2024 - Sun 23-Jun-2024
National Glass Centre

FREE Daily Glass Making Demonstrations

Sun 05-May-2024 - Wed 31-Jul-2024
National Glass Centre

Seb Trend: XTRALIFE

Sun 05-May-2024 - Sun 09-Jun-2024
National Glass Centre

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Display

Sun 05-May-2024 - Tue 31-Dec-2024
National Glass Centre

Laura Lancaster: My Echo, My Shadow

Sun 05-May-2024 - Sun 30-Jun-2024
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Laura Lancaster: My Echo, My Shadow

Sun 05-May-2024 - Sun 30-Jun-2024
National Glass Centre

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art Collection Display

Sun 05-May-2024 - Tue 31-Dec-2024
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Glass World

Sun 05-May-2024 - Fri 31-May-2024
National Glass Centre

Seb Trend: XTRALIFE

Sun 05-May-2024 - Sun 09-Jun-2024
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Bernard Lloyd Collection

Sun 05-May-2024 - Sun 08-Sep-2024
National Glass Centre

NT Connections The Customs House Youth Theatre / Young Peoples Theatre

Sun 05-May-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Aurora the Polar Bear’s Adventure

Mon 06-May-2024 - Tue 07-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Wildlife Spotters

Mon 06-May-2024 - Sat 01-Jun-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Bright Lights: Young Wildlife Photographer Exhibition

Mon 06-May-2024 - Sat 01-Jun-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Mon 06-May-2024 - Sat 01-Jun-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Sonia Strong Exhibition

Tue 07-May-2024 - Sat 01-Jun-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Washington: Fact, Fiction and Folklore - Call out for artists!

Tue 07-May-2024 - Sat 29-Jun-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Regular Classes and Courses for Adults

Tue 07-May-2024 - Sat 25-May-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Regular Classes and Courses for Children

Tue 07-May-2024 - Sat 25-May-2024
Arts Centre Washington

One Day You’ll be Older Too

Tue 07-May-2024 - Sat 11-May-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Tuesday Museum Club: May 2024

Tue 07-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Threads

Tue 07-May-2024 - Tue 01-Oct-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Shake It Up

Tue 07-May-2024 - Tue 16-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Community Choir – One Voice

Tue 07-May-2024 - Tue 16-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Creative You

Tue 07-May-2024 - Tue 21-May-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Watercolour Classes - Morning

Wed 08-May-2024 - Wed 17-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Celebrate Different Collective

Wed 08-May-2024 - Wed 30-Oct-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Community Choir – The B#s

Wed 08-May-2024 - Wed 17-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Creative Age

Wed 08-May-2024 - Wed 23-Oct-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Watercolour Classes - afternoon

Wed 08-May-2024 - Wed 17-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Long Exposures Along the North East Coast

Thu 09-May-2024 - Fri 07-Jun-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Mind on the Music

Thu 09-May-2024 - Thu 18-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Drink and Draw – Life Drawing Social

Thu 09-May-2024 - Thu 15-Aug-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Oil Painting Classes

Fri 10-May-2024 - Fri 19-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

First Friday Folk

Fri 10-May-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Creative Age

Fri 10-May-2024 - Fri 19-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Introducing... Fused Glass

Sat 11-May-2024 - Sat 10-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Washington Youth Theatre (Ages 8 - 12)

Sat 11-May-2024 - Sat 20-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Small and Mighty – Family Art and Craft Sessions

Sat 11-May-2024 - Sat 20-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Figure Drawing Improvers

Sat 11-May-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Washington Youth Theatre (ages 13+)

Sat 11-May-2024 - Sat 20-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Saturday Art Club

Sat 11-May-2024 - Sat 20-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Relaxed Life Drawing in the Granary

Thu 16-May-2024 - Thu 11-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Arts Centre Washington Writers Group

Fri 17-May-2024 - Fri 12-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Mini Science Club

Fri 17-May-2024 - Fri 18-Oct-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Stained Glass and Copper Foil Botanicals

Sat 18-May-2024 - Sat 31-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Talk: In conversation with Terry Deary at the Sunderland History Fair

Sat 18-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Chainmaille Bracelet Making

Sun 19-May-2024 - Sun 18-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Winter Gardens Guided Tours

Wed 22-May-2024 - Thu 23-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Collision: Abstract & Figurative Painting Workshop

Wed 22-May-2024 - Tue 28-May-2024
National Glass Centre

Felting Connections

Thu 23-May-2024 - Sat 29-Jun-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Kiln Formed Glass

5 week course

Thu 23-May-2024
National Glass Centre

Talk: D-Day and the Durham Light Infantry (DLI)

Thu 23-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Introduction to Tyne & Wear Archives: Using Archives for Family and Local History

Fri 24-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Mini Meets mindfulness classes

Sat 25-May-2024 - Sat 29-Jun-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Flameworked Marbles

Sat 25-May-2024 - Sat 27-Jul-2024
National Glass Centre

1 Day Introduction to Ceramics - Handbuilding Technique

Sat 25-May-2024 - Sat 31-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Family Wellbeing Day

Sat 25-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Glass Tableware Club

Sat 25-May-2024
National Glass Centre

Flameworked Pendants

Sun 26-May-2024
National Glass Centre

Sandcasting: Car, Cat, Hedgehog, Owl or Fish

Tue 28-May-2024
National Glass Centre

Creature Collections

Tue 28-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Creative You Junior... Circus!

Tue 28-May-2024 - Thu 30-May-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Ceramic coaster painting

Wed 29-May-2024
National Glass Centre

Bear’s Museum Adventure: Find the History Heroes!

Wed 29-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Glass painting pets

Thu 30-May-2024
National Glass Centre

Garden Mania

Fri 31-May-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Fused Glass Fish

Fri 31-May-2024
National Glass Centre

Craft Fair

Sat 01-Jun-2024 - Sun 02-Jun-2024
National Glass Centre

1 Day Introduction to Ceramics - Throwing Technique

Sat 01-Jun-2024 - Sat 03-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Tuesday Museum Club: June 2024

Tue 04-Jun-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Botanical Drawing Workshop

Sat 08-Jun-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Tony Erskine - A Retrospective

Fri 14-Jun-2024 - Sat 06-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

University of Sunderland Art and Design Degree Shows

Sat 15-Jun-2024 - Sat 06-Jul-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Plant Inspired Pottery

Sat 15-Jun-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

More Songs from this City

Sat 15-Jun-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Jeremy Deller: The Battle of Orgreave

Tue 18-Jun-2024 - Sun 03-Nov-2024
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Fused Glass Panels: Evening Course

Wed 19-Jun-2024
National Glass Centre

Flameworked Beads

Sun 23-Jun-2024
National Glass Centre

Wonderful welly-boot planters!

Tue 25-Jun-2024
National Glass Centre

Acoustic McCartney & Sting

Fri 28-Jun-2024
Arts Centre Washington

People’s Art

Sat 29-Jun-2024 - Mon 02-Dec-2024
National Glass Centre

Tuesday Museum Club: July 2024

Tue 02-Jul-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Sunderland Arts & Culture Trail

Fri 05-Jul-2024 - Sat 20-Jul-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

ART MART - Summer Craft and Makers Fair

Sat 06-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Stained Glass Leaded Technique, Intermediate Level

Sun 07-Jul-2024
National Glass Centre

The Davy Lamp Folk Club 50 Years Reunion

Sat 13-Jul-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

Sat 20-Jul-2024 - Sat 04-Jan-2025
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Changing Childhoods Trail

Sat 20-Jul-2024 - Sat 14-Sep-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Portrait Station!

Sat 20-Jul-2024 - Sat 04-Jan-2025
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Ian Macdonald: Fixing Time

Sat 20-Jul-2024 - Sun 03-Nov-2024
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

History Mondays

Mon 22-Jul-2024 - Mon 19-Aug-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Glass fused birds or fish

Mon 22-Jul-2024 - Mon 02-Sep-2024
National Glass Centre

Glass Painted Postcard

Wed 24-Jul-2024 - Wed 21-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Wellbeing Wednesdays

Wed 24-Jul-2024 - Wed 14-Aug-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

'Stained-glass' Dragonfly

Fri 26-Jul-2024 - Sat 24-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Big Science Parties

Fri 26-Jul-2024 - Fri 16-Aug-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Glass and Chain Connections

Sun 28-Jul-2024
National Glass Centre

‘Bug-‘tastic’ facts and crafts!

Wed 31-Jul-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Glass painted pets!

Fri 02-Aug-2024 - Fri 30-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Arty Fridays

Fri 02-Aug-2024 - Fri 23-Aug-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

2 Day Flameworking Skills and Sculptural Form

Sat 03-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Sunderland Teenage Art Market

Sat 03-Aug-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Bear’s Museum Adventure: Daring to Dinosaur

Wed 07-Aug-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Decorate a ceramic bee feeder!

Thu 08-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Create a ceramic coaster

Wed 14-Aug-2024 - Thu 22-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Grow Your Own Pizza

Wed 21-Aug-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Hot Glass Studio Sale

Sat 24-Aug-2024 - Mon 26-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

'Stained-glass' butterfly wings

Wed 28-Aug-2024
National Glass Centre

Tuesday Museum Club: September 2024

Tue 03-Sep-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Eco Trail

Sat 21-Sep-2024 - Sat 12-Oct-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Tuesday Museum Club: October 2024

Tue 01-Oct-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Ecofest Sunderland

Sat 05-Oct-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

QWEEN UK

Sat 12-Oct-2024
Arts Centre Washington

Spooky Ships Trail

Sat 19-Oct-2024 - Sat 09-Nov-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

Spooky Science Parties

Mon 28-Oct-2024
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

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