Tag: BeamishMuseum
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...
Beamish Museum to Host Traditional Easter Fun
If you’re looking for something to do over the Easter weekend, you could pop over to Beamish Museum to find out how people celebrated...
Beamish Museum to Celebrate North East Mining Heritage
A five-day event at Beamish Museum is to celebrate the mining history of the north east. Old King Coal will see miners’ banners, pit...
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...