The conference will be taking place on the fourth floor of the Discovery Museum, in the Great Hall and the adjacent Turbinia Room.

The museum is located in Blandford Square in Newcastle’s city centre, NE1 4JA.

Accessibility

The museum has three public lifts and stairs providing access to all floors. All lifts have voice announcers and Braille indicators. All floors have level access with ramped access from lower ground to ground in the Turbinia Atrium. There is an accessible toilet on every floor. 

Large print, Braille and Audio Visitor Guides are available. 

For more information about access and a downloadable floor plan, please visit the Discovery Museum's website.

About the Museum

Discovery Museum is a science and local history museum housed in the old Co-operative Wholesale Society building, Blandford House, dating from 1899. Today, the museum houses permanent displays and temporary exhibitions over three floors focusing on the area's maritime, scientific and technological importance to Britain and the rest of the world. It is home to the Turbinia, Charles Parsons' 34 metre steam powered ship that was once the fastest ship in the world and an iconic part of the history of Tyneside. 

The museum is also a participating venue in the Great Exhibition of the North, the UK’s largest event of 2018, celebrating art, design and innovation in the North of England. During the Exhibition, which runs from the 22^nd June to the 9^th September, Discovery Museum will be home to Stephenson’s Rocket, the ground-breaking locomotive that heralded the birth of passenger railways. The museum will also be hosting the Little Inventors programme, where children’s invention ideas are made into reality by expert makers.