The Hancock Museum
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The Hancock Museum
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 17 Apr 2012
The Hancock Museum is a museum of natural history in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, established in 1884. In 2006 it merged with Newcastle University's Hatton Gallery to form the Great North Museum. The museum and all of its collections are owned by the Natural History Society of Northumbria, although it is managed by Tyne and Wear Museums on behalf of Newcastle University. The museum reopened as the Great North Museum: Hancock in May 2009 following a major extension and refurbishment of the original Victorian building - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock_Museum and http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/greatnorthmuseum/about/ .
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