Welcome to our website
The Friends support the work of the Record Office and the Museum & Art Gallery in Berwick and their related interests across North Northumberland, from Beadnell to Wooler, from Belford to Norham. We promote lectures, exhibitions and special projects, arrange volunteer activities, and publish a quarterly newsletter.
The pictures above show some historic places and activities in North Northumberland: Marygate in Berwick 1924; Berwick station early 20th century; Black Bull at Etal; Spowarts’ buses; the smithy at Ford; Norham around 1903; horse & plough near Berwick, 1950s; Tweeddale Press fleet of vans 1960s; Holy Island Causeway and Bamburgh Castle; herring girls at Spittal; Berwick shipyard 1979; the Border Chief ferry leaving Spittal; Tweedmouth goods yard; Deltic locomotive at Tweedmouth station; Golden Square shortly after 1928; salmon fishing at Outwater Stell; gypsies at Wooler Haugh; West Street in Belford. [Photographs: Berwick Record Office; Kevin Graham; Fred Kennington; Richard Ormston]. The collections of the Museum and Record Office illuminate these and many others.
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Publications
The publications of the Friends include a quarterly Newsletter and a volume of local photographs. An online archive of the Newsletters extends back to 1994.
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Museum
The Museum is currently closed while the Living Barracks Project is being developed to provide a new framework for the museum collections.
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Record Office
Tudor documents relating to the construction of the Elizabethan fortifications in Berwick were purchased with the assistance of funding from the Friends.
Latest News
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Date: 05/08/2025
VJ Day exhibition
An exhibition entitled "North Northumberland's contribution to the Far East campaign" will be held to mark VJ Day from Friday 15th to...
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Date: 30/06/2025
Family photographs
An exhibition on the history of photography in Berwick is being prepared by Cameron Robertson, to open at the Granary Gallery in October...
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Date: 29/05/2025
Holy Trinity School
Did you go to Holy Trinity School or the Parade School? On Saturday 14 June 2025 from 10.00am until 12 noon there will be a 'Drop In'...
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