Lynx © Berndt Fischer
We’re hosting a Missing Lynx exhibition, visiting local venues in the project area so that people can find out about this missing mammal and share their views on lynx reintroduction.
The exhibition returns this January! See below for venues and dates.
The free, family-friendly exhibition is touring Northumberland, the edge of Cumbria and the border of southern Scotland. Using interactive displays, the exhibition brings the lynx to life. Visitors can discover how our wild places have changed over the years, how nature has been lost and how it might fare better in the future. The exhibition charts the lynx’s comeback across Europe and how restoring missing species can help nature to recover. The final installation even offers visitors a chance to immerse themselves in a wilder world, standing side by side with this missing mammal, surrounded by bird song.
Get a feel for the Missing Lynx exibition in the video below...
Venues
This year, the Missing Lynx exhibition will be visiting new venues around the project area, including colleges and universities. Some dates at some venues will only be open to students, but there will still be opportunities for everyone to visit.
Tickets are currently available for the exhibition at the University of Cumbria and Northern Stage, Newcastle! We'll be adding times and tickets for the other venues soon.
University of Cumbria
Visit the Missing Lynx exhibition at the University of Cumbria (Brampton Road Campus), Brampton Road, Carlisle, CA3 9AW
The exhibition is in the 'Studio Gallery' (view campus map).
| Date | Time | Tickets |
| 23rd January | 12:30pm - 4pm | No ticket required. Turn up and gain entry if space is available. You may have to queue. |
| 4:30pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 5:15pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 6pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 6:45pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 7:15pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 24th January | 10am - 1pm | No ticket required. Turn up and gain entry if space is available. You may have to queue. |
| 1:30pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 2:15pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 3pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 3:45pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 25th January | 10am - 2pm | No ticket required. Turn up and gain entry if space is available. You may have to queue. |
| 2:30pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 3:15pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 4pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 4:45pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 27th - 31st January | Open to students at the University of Cumbria |
Northern Stage, Newcastle (3rd - 7th February)
Visit the Missing Lynx Exhibition at Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RH
The exhibition will be open to students at Newcastle University and Northumbria University during the day and open to everyone in the evenings of the 3rd, 4th and 5th. See below for full opening hours.
Open to students
| Date | Time | Tickets |
| 3rd February | 2pm - 4pm | No ticket required. Turn up and gain entry if space is available. |
| 4th February | 10:30am - 4pm | No ticket required. Turn up and gain entry if space is available. |
| 5th February | 10:30am - 4pm | No ticket required. Turn up and gain entry if space is available. |
| 6th February | 9:30am - 5pm | No ticket required. Turn up and gain entry if space is available. |
| 7th February | 9:30am - 12pm | No ticket required. Turn up and gain entry if space is available. |
Public opening hours
| Date | Time | Tickets |
| 3rd February | 4pm | Get your tickets! |
| 4:45pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 5:30pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 6:15pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 4th February | 4pm | Get your tickets! |
| 4:45pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 5:30pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 6:15pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 5th February | 4pm | Get your tickets! |
| 4:45pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 5:30pm | Get your tickets! | |
| 6:15pm | Get your tickets! |
Northumberland College: Kirkley (public dates 24th - 28th February)
The exhibition will be open to everyone from 24th - 28th February. Times and tickets will be added soon!
The exhibition will be open to students at Northumberland College from 3rd - 7th March.
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) (Dates coming soon)
Times and tickets will be added soon!
Previous venues
The Missing Lynx exhibition has previously visited:
- Kielder School
- Tarset Village Hall
- Wark Town Hall
- The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre
- Stapleton Public Hall
- Newcastleton Village Hall
- Bonchester Bridge
- Hexham Abbey
- Great North Museum: Hancock
- Moffat Town Hall