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Monastery ruins are open any reasonable time; free admission. Museum open April to October, Tuesday to Saturday & Bank Holidays 10am-5.30pm & Sunday 2.30-5.30pm. November to March, Tuesday to Saturday 11am-4.30pm, Sunday 2.30-5.30pm. Closed Xmas/New Year. Admission charge. Dogs on leads in monastery only; guide dogs allowed to Museum; suitable for picnics.
The home of the Venerable Bede in the 7th and 8th centuries, partly surviving as the chancel of the parish church. Having been excavated, the monastery has become of the best understood Anglo-Saxon monastic sites.
Built around 1800, the Museum tells the story of St Paul's Monastery, and displays excavated finds, including Anglo-Saxon window glass and sculpture, a model of the early monastery and an audio visual programme. An Anglo-Saxon landscape with fields, crops, animals and timber buildings on land next to the museum will show what life was like in 8th century Northumbria.
The home of the Venerable Bede in the 7th and 8th centuries, partly surviving as the chancel of the parish church. Having been excavated, the monastery has become of the best understood Anglo-Saxon monastic sites.
Built around 1800, the Museum tells the story of St Paul's Monastery, and displays excavated finds, including Anglo-Saxon window glass and sculpture, a model of the early monastery and an audio visual programme. An Anglo-Saxon landscape with fields, crops, animals and timber buildings on land next to the museum will show what life was like in 8th century Northumbria.
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- Landmark