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Beamish Living Museum Celebrates King Charles III’s Coronation and Tramway’s 50th...
From May 6th to May 8th, 2023, Beamish, The Living Museum of the North will host a weekend of festivities to celebrate both the...
Beamish Museum Inviting Nominations for a Random Act of Kindness
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North is spreading the joy this Christmas season by offering the chance for one lucky person or family...
Enjoy an Exhilarating Assault Course in Beamish’s Ancient Woodlands
If you fancy a fitness challenge in pristine woodlands, are looking for an activity to do with the kids or want a day out...
LGBT Life in the North East Celebrated at Beamish Museum
An event at Beamish Museum this weekend will look at LGBT life in the north east in the 1950s and 1960s.
On 24th and 25th...
Beamish Honours 80-year-old Who Built Steam Engine from Scratch
County Durham has honoured an 80-year-old volunteer who constructed a steam engine from scratch for Beamish Museum.
David Young devoted more than 6,000 hours to...
Massive £18 Million Expansion of Beamish Museum Gets Going
Work has now begun on Remaking Beamish, an enormous £18-million scheme to expand Beamish Museum, near Stanley. The project will take around four years...
Beehive Hairdos and Rock ‘n’ Roll – Beamish Festival to...
A festival at Beamish Museum – due to start today – will take visitors back to the 1950s.
The open-air museum – which recently announced...
Fire Eaters, Folktales, Gin Bars – Enjoy Beamish Museum at Night
Beamish Museum will open its doors for some after-hours revels on Saturday 20th May.
As part of the national Museums at Night project, Beamish will...
See Shire Horses and Shetlands Ponies at Beamish Museum this Weekend
Around 50 horses will be hard at work at Beamish Museum this weekend. Horses at Work – an annual event celebrating the contribution these...
Record Numbers Visited Beamish in 2016
Beamish Museum has announced that in 2016 it hosted its largest ever number of visitors.
The outdoor ‘living’ museum saw 747,651 visitors last year. This...