Top 10 Museums in Northumberland, England

Award winning artist, Mary Ann Rogers, now opens her beautiful country house gallery Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 10am-5pm as well as Sunday 2-5pm. You are guaranteed a warm welcome by either Mary Ann, Lisa or Jane who will show you round and leave you to browse in peace OR with a cup of tea or coffee. With over 60 limited edition prints and an ever changing exhibition of original watercolour paintings, as well as cards, stationery, bone china and some rather quirky gift ideas, you will have plenty to see. You enter via the stunning new gallery/studio, which was the subject of a two-part Discovery Channel documentary, and has been featured in many lifestyle and architecture magazines.Much of the rest of the traditional old northumbrian house, where Mary Ann Lives, is also used as gallery, including a dedicated print gallery. Most visitors just love the views from the windows too!

Young people of Leading Link have been working extremely hard together with professional artists to provide some permanent amazing art installations in Plessey WoodsIn partnership with NCC and with funding from the Sita Trust and the Foyer Federation, they have created pieces of eye-catching art such as a 6ft carved owl, willow wonderland for Hobbits and Fairies around a mile long trail.

Fine art gallery, displaying the original paintings and prints of Paul Stangroom. Paul paints the wild, remote landscapes of the North Pennines, often through the Windows of its long abandoned cottages and barns. Paul also teaches and paints in the gallery. Small gifts available - books, cards, posters. 'My paintings are a response to the beautiful and often stark landscape of The North Pennines - from broad views of the moors and fells, to more intimate views glimpsed through windows in abandoned dwellings. The landscape is littered with the scars of mining and quarrying and I am producing paintings of places as they are slowly being reclaimed by nature. I am constantly amazed at the amount of abandoned dwellings that I keep finding and they are a rich source of inspiration to me,' Paul Stangroom Winner of the Royal Watercolour Society Award, 2009 Please ring if you are making a special visit to the gallery (07968 990552). Approximate opening hours are Mon-Fri 10.00-18.00; Sat 10.00-17.00; Sun 11.00-16.00

Visit Roman Vindolanda today and you will find one of the North East’s most famous and not to be missed tourist attractions lying in the beautiful landscape of Hadrian's Wall Country. Formerly a key military post on the northern frontier of Britain, Vindolanda is the home of Britain's 'Top Treasure' - the Vindolanda Writing Tablets - and is one Europe's most important Roman archeological sites, with live excavations taking place every year. The recently fully refurbished on site museum provides a breathtaking exploration of the Trust's ongoing discoveries and accounts of Roman life. There are no other places on earth where it is possible to experience Roman Britain, Hadrian's Wall and history coming to life before your very eyes all in one space! Come and explore it for yourself and find out why Vindolanda is treasured worldwide.

Lying in magnificent countryside next to a sweeping section of Hadrian's Wall and based at the site of Carvoran Roman Fort, the Roman Army Museum is an authentic and dramatic tribute to Rome’s extraordinary military legacy. Step into the life of a Roman soldier and experience life on the front line of Emperor Hadrian’s formidable British frontier. Explored through reconstructions, objects excavated along Hadrian's Wall and the Vindolanda Trust’s inspiring interpretations of army life including the exclusive 3D Edge of Empire film, the museum pays unforgettable homage to Rome's military accomplishments in Britain.

One of the finest examples of an 18th-century Palladian Country house in all of Britain. There are many activities at Paxton House to keep you busy for a whole day, including house tours, boat trips and net fishing on the River Tweed, tearoom and gift shop, extensive grounds and gardens, galleries and exhibitions. We also have different types of accommodation, including an apartment, a lodge and a caravan park if you wish to stay and enjoy Paxton House for longer.