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Museum of Antiquities
Museum of Antiquities
Established	1960
Location	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Type	Archaeology museum
Director	Miss Lindsay Allason-Jones
Website	museums.ncl.ac.uk

For other Museums with the same name, see Museum of Antiquities (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 54°58′45″N 1°36′55″W / 54.9793°N 1.6153°W / 54.9793; -1.6153

The Museum of Antiquities was an archaeological museum at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England which opened in 1960.^[1]

The museum is jointly run by the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne and the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the main archaeology museum in north east England. It covers the history of the region, especially Hadrian's Wall and the Roman period in general. It includes a full-scale reconstruction of the 3rd century temple dedicated to the Roman god Mithras at Carrawburgh. Overall, the period from early prehistory to the 17th century is covered. The University's memorabilia shop is also located inside.

As part of the Great North Museum Project the museum, along with Shefton Museum was moved to the Hancock Museum. On 19 April 2008 the museum closed in preparation for the relocation to the newly renovated Hancock Museum, which reopened in May 2009.^[1]