i like museums...

The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum

"We have exciting interactive displays about the greatest explorer of all time, a top twenty Briton of all time and Yorkshire's greatest son: Captain James Cook (1728-79)"

Stewart Park, Marton, Middlesbrough, TS7 8AT

Tel: 01642 311 211

Web: http://www.captcook-ne.co.uk

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Ocean Road, South Shields, NE33 2JA

Tel: 0191 456 8740

Web: http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/southshields

Preston Hall Museum

Yarm Road, Eaglescliffe, TS18 3RH

Tel: 01642 527 375

Web: http://www.stockton.gov.uk/museums

Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books

30 Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PQ

Tel: 0845 271 0777

Web: http://www.sevenstories.org.uk

mima, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

Centre Square, Middlesbrough, TS1 2AZ

Tel: 01642 726 720

Web: http://www.visitmima.com

George Stephenson's Birthplace

Street House, Wylam-on-Tyne, NE41 8BP

Tel: 01661 853 457

Web: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk