Museums, Galleries and Exhibitions

The Museums, Galleries and Exhibitions team within University Library and Collections care for more than 100,000 objects spread across the Oriental Museum, Museum of Archaeology and Durham Castle Museum, as well as the University Art Collection and parts of the University Biosciences Collection.   

These collections range in date from 250,000 years ago to the present day and come from more than 60 different countries worldwide.   

In addition to our public galleries, and ambitious exhibition and events programmes, we also contribute to a wide range of teaching and research activity within the University.  Our curators provide support and guidance to students and academics at Durham University and from around the globe, enabling them to work with our collections both physically and online in support of teaching, research, outreach and impact.