ABOUT THE WELL I NEVER PROJECT »

Background to Wellinever

'Well I Never!' was launched originally in 2004 by MLA North East in partnership with the British Library. The site's original function was to act as a web portal, simply bringing together a range of digital colections created by museums, libraries and archives in the North East.

With supplementary funding from the MLA Strategic Commissioning Programme in 2006 - 2008, the scope of the website was widened to incorporate two new sections which teachers, pupils, parents and carers can use to identify learning opportunities by subject and Key Stage. In addition, a Collections section - MICHAEL - lists the region's online collections, including those from designated museums.