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2024. 1. Beamish Museum. 8,817. Speciality Museums. Open now. Experience amazing sights, sounds, smells and delicious tastes as the past comes to life. Beamish is unique - our objects aren't locked away in glass cases, this is hands-on history! Step into the….
Beamish Museum. Experience amazing sights, sounds, smells and delicious tastes as the past comes to life. Beamish is unique - our objects aren't locked away in glass cases, this is hands-on history! Step into the past and explore our 350 acre site, as Beamish tells the story of the people of North East England in the 1820s, 1900s and 1940s.
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Say hello to the horses! Visit the stables and carriage house in The 1900s Town, which represents a typical jobmaster’s yard, where horses and vehicles would have been hired out. Find the giant pig at The 1940s Farm. Take a ride through the Georgian landscape on Pockerley Waggonway (Thursday to Sunday).
Jarrow (4 Pictures) in the county of Tyne & Wear. (9.8 miles, 15.7 km, direction NE of Beamish) This is the town that is famous for the 1930's "Hunger March" caused by the intense poverty that followed the closing of the Charles Palmer shipyard. The last of the surviving marchers, Cornelius Whalen died in 2003 at the age of 93...
2024. 1. Beamish Museum. 8,820. Speciality Museums. Experience amazing sights, sounds, smells and delicious tastes as the past comes to life. Beamish is unique - our objects aren't locked away in glass cases, this is hands-on history! Step into the…. See tours.
Explore Beamish Museum. Beamish is a world famous open air museum which brings the history of North East England to life at its 1820s Pockerley, 1900s Town, 1900s Pit Village, 1940s Farm, 1950s Town and 1950s Spain’s Field Farm exhibit areas. To find out more about each area visit our Explore & Discover pages.
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Aug 14, 2017 · Beamish Museum is a massive open-air museum that tells the story of life in the North East during the 1820s, 1900s and 1940s while showcasing the region’s industrial heritage. Back in the 1950s, items of everyday historical significance were collected in County Durham after a huge call for donations and in 1970, Beamish opened as a museum ...
