Dame Catherine Cookson: Author, Artist, Philanthropist

During museum opening hours 

First floor corridor 

A display commemorating one of Tyneside's most beloved women.

Dame Catherine Cookson is remembered 21 years after her death.

Part of the museum's Women 100, a programme started in 2018 sharing the stories of several exceptional women connected to South Tyneside as part of the 100 year anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918.