visits. The museum was entered into the 'long list' for the 2010 Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. The interactive Bio-Wall features hundreds of creatures, that visitors will be able to investigate and find out where they live and how they survive in such extreme places as the Arctic and Desert. There is also a great white shark display, polar bear and giraffe specimens from the historic Hancock collections and a moa skeleton. Also between May and October 2019 the museum hosted Dippy the dinosaur as part of its UK tour. Within the museum's archives are the nineteenth century botanical paintings by Margaret Rebecca Dickinson of plants from the Newcastle and Scottish Borders region. Library The Great North Museum Library is open to the public and is located on the second floor of the Hancock. It houses three collections - the Library and Archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria, the Library of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and Newcastle University's Cowen Library. Notable staff Anthony Michael (Tony) Tynan MBE, Curator 1958-1992 Dr Albert George Long FRSE, Deputy Curator 1966–1980 See also Abel Chapman, Victorian 'hunter-naturalist' whose game trophies can be seen at the museum. References External links Great North Museum: Hancock - official site Museums in Newcastle upon Tyne Natural history museums in England Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Museums established in 1884 Newcastle University Buildings at Newcastle University Museums of ancient Rome in the United Kingdom Museums of ancient Greece in the United Kingdom Archaeological museums in England University museums in England Egyptological collections in England 1884 establishments in England