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Shefton Museum
Shefton Museum
Established	1956
Dissolved	2008
Location	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Type	Archaeology museum
Director	Miss Lindsay Allason-Jones
Curator	Prof. Tony Spawforth
Website	www.ncl.ac.uk/shefton-museum

Coordinates: 54°58′47″N 1°36′58″W / 54.9797°N 1.6160°W / 54.9797; -1.6160

The Shefton Museum of Greek Art and Archaeology was an archaeological museum at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England which opened in 1956^[1] and closed in 2008. Its collections are now part of the Great North Museum.

[edit] History

The museum was located in the Department of Classics in the Armstrong Building of the main University campus. It was founded in 1956 by Professor B.B. Shefton with a grant from the University of £20.^[1] Since then the collection has grown to over 800 objects.^[1] Professor B.B. Shefton was the curator until 1984 when his role was taken over by Professor Tony Spawforth has taken this responsibility.^[1]

As part of the Great North Museum Project the Shefton collection, along with Museum of Antiquities, was moved to the Great North Museum:Hancock. On 18 April 2008 the museum closed in preparation for the relocation of its collections to the newly renovated Hancock Museum, which opened in May 2009.^[2]