4-586: The Discovery Museum is a science museum and local history museum situated in Blandford Square in Newcastle upon Tyne , England . It displays many exhibits of local history, including the ship, Turbinia . It is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums . The Discovery Museum started life in 1934 as the Municipal Museum of Science and Industry . The collections were housed in
8-550: A temporary pavilion built for the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition in Exhibition Park, Newcastle . The collections and displays grew for another forty years, until the temporary pavilion could no longer meet the museum's needs. In 1978, the museum was re-located to Blandford House , the former Co-operative Wholesale Society Headquarters for the Northern Region. Designed by Oliver, Leeson & Wood in 1899,
12-538: The 104 feet 9 inches (31.93 m) ship built by Charles Algernon Parsons to test the advantages of using the steam turbine to power ships, which could go up to 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h). It houses the regimental museum for the Light Dragoons (and its antecedent regiments) and the Northumberland Hussars , exploring the human side of 200 years of life in the army. It
16-478: The building had been the distribution centre for over 100 Co-op stores across the region, and contained extensive warehouse space and offices. The museum was re-launched as Discovery Museum in 1993 at which time the Turbinia was moved from Exhibition Park. In 2004 the £13 million redevelopment of the museum was complete and the following year the venue attracted 450,000 visitors. The museum includes Turbinia ,
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