This summer, Beamish: The Living Museum of the North, is giving you the unique chance to Make Your Mark on the walls of a new exhibit…
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A summer of fun at Beamish
Solve age-old crimes, learn traditional skills and take part in Home Guard drills as Beamish, The Living Museum of the North, enjoys a Summer of Fun…
Quack doctors and fire eaters at Georgian Fair
The Squire of Pockerley is inviting visitors to join him this weekend at Beamish, for all fun of the Georgian Fair…
Beamish Museum’s equine extravaganza
Trot along to Beamish, The Living Museum of the North, for their Horses at Work event this weekend, with pit ponies, carriage horses and heavy horses…
A Georgian Fair at Beamish Museum
Enjoy the hustle and bustle of a country fair, Georgian style, at Beamish Museum’s Pockerley Waggonway, with pedlars, entertainers, strolling musicians and craftsmen…
Take a locomotive ride at the Great War Steam Fair
More than 100 steam locomotives and vehicles, of all shapes and sizes, will be gathering at Beamish Museum in County Durham for the Great War Steam Fair, from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th April…
Join the Suffragettes at Beamish for International Women’s Day
This International Women’s Day, head to the Beamish Museum in County Durham and learn about the role of women in the north, in days gone by…
Pride of place in the North East
This weekend, members of LGBT History Project NE will be at Beamish Museum, telling the story of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender heritage across the North East in the 1950s and 1960s…
Meet the Queens of the Machines at Beamish
This February half term, Beamish Museum will be commemorating the amazing contribution women made to the war effort, during the First World War, with Queens of the Machines…
A celebration of rural life in County Durham
Beamish Museum’s Agricultural Show takes place from 14th to 17th September, recreating a typical country show of the early 1900s with sheep shearing, basket making and beekeeping…
Giant leeks and heavy marrows at Beamish
Beamish Museum in County Durham, will be hosting a Leek Show this weekend, with enormous leeks on display and a special parade…
Jive your way to the Festival of 50s at the Beamish Museum
It’s time to practise those 50s hairdos and dust off your petticoats, for Beamish’s Festival of 50s, which takes place from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th July…
Party like it’s 1799 at Beamish Georgian Fair
From Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th June, visitors can enjoy all the hustle and bustle of a Georgian Fair at the Beamish Museum’s Pockerley Waggonway…
Empire & Flag Weekend at Beamish Museum
TV’s Police Interceptors, a police helicopter and a 1,500-strong parade will be part of the celebration for Beamish Museum’s Empire & Flag Weekend…
Workshops and walks for Dementia Awareness Week at Beamish
Head to Beamish for a packed programme of activities as part of Dementia Awareness Week, including gardening, singing and walking…