This ticket includes general admission to explore our historic building and key exhibitions, including The Neville Hall LEGO® Model and Digging Deep: Coal Miners of African Caribbean Heritage & The North East. In line with our Covid Safety Statement, if you intend to visit as part of a group, please ensure one person in your party books all tickets. Visitors may need to queue at various points in the building to ensure social distance can be maintained in exhibitions, workshops and events.

Get creative and join us at The Common Room on Saturday 9th October to celebrate World Space Week with our Pop-up Mars Workshop with Helen Schell, visual artist and ESERO-UK Space Ambassador!

Your Mars Mission - Imagine you can go to Mars! Humans dream of visiting and living on Mars. What would it be like to go there and what would you need to design and make? Imagine you are an astronaut on Mars. You will need to a rocket, robot, Mars rover, Martian house with garden & laboratory, spacesuit, flag & mission badge for your Mars adventures. What technology will you need? Could you be a space engineer, rocket scientist, astronaut or artist? Use pop-up techniques to create a rocking robot or rover out of card or even, an entire Mars settlement. There will be some examples of advanced manufacturing technology (3d printed materials) on show. These techniques are likely to be used for future space exploration and settlements, with the new ‘Make don’t Take’ space agency programme.

Event timings

Date: Saturday 9th October

AM slot: 10:00 - 13:00

PM slot: 13:00 - 16:00

Booking information

Tickets for this workshop are free but booking is required as capacity is limited.

Morning slots run from 10am - 1pm and afternoon slots run from 1pm - 4pm. You can arrive any time during your dedicated time slot.

Please note, adults accompanying children will also require their own ticket. These tickets include general admission, so we invite you to take a stroll around the rest of our building to see our other attractions!

Additional information

Location: The Common Room, Westgate Road, Newcastle NE1 1SE

Children must be supervised at all times by a responsible adult.

Our building is fully accessible – if you have any queries about accessibility, please contact lucy.stockdale@thecommonroom.org.uk

In line with updated government advice, all visitors over the age of 16 will be asked to scan the NHS QR code or provide their name and contact details on arrival at The Common Room. Smartphone users can download the NHS COVID-19 app before arrival.

The Common Room is taking a number of precautions to mitigate the risk to the public regarding COVID-19. Visitors will be required to wear a face-covering (unless they have a medical exemption) and to practice social distancing. For further information on our COVID-19 protocol please visit our home page.