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Beamish Museum - The North of England Open Air Museum.


Coverage on Skyscraper City . . .


The North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish has been covered frequently on the "Culture & the Arts - Galleries, Theatres, and Museums of Newcastle & the North East " thread, on the Newcastle Metro Area Forum, and on the "Sunderland and Durham Area - Arts, Culture and Museums" thread, on the Sunderland and Durham Forum.

There is no reason why coverage cannot continue, as before, on those two threads in those two of our four 'City-led' forums.

However, it seems to me that we, in the North East England Sub-forum (no matter which of the City-led internal forums we mostly frequent) could benefit from having a dedicated thread on which to discuss one of our wider regions most successful cultural destinations, namely BEAMISH MUSEUM.

What better a location for this thread could there be than here in the "Communal Area" of the North East England Sub-forum.

So, I have copied the pre-existing posts about Beamish, from all locations, into this new thread, with a view to this thread becoming the 'prime location' to discuss issues concerning the museum . . . from now on.

This merged thread was created on 28th May 2014.

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#105 ·
1940's Farm - Volume 1

The farm was an original feature of Beamish and was opened to the public in 1983, these photographs taken 23rd July 2014.





This is a Second World War Pill Box which was used by the Home Guard in Durham. It is made from one half of an egg shaped steam boiler:






Unfortunate location of this sign?









Images hosted on http://GeordiePhotographs.fototime.com/Beamish Museum/1940's Farm
 
#110 ·
Norman Cornish studio donated to Beamish Museum in County Durham

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Norman Cornish studio donated to Beamish Museum in County Durham
Oct 05, 2014 12:00 By Sarah Scott


Norman Cornish

Celebrated artist Norman Cornish donated his studio to a North East museum, just months before his death.

The painter’s studio, from his home in Spennymoor, County Durham, was donated to Beamish Museum shortly before he passed away on August 1 this year at the age of 94. The substantial donation includes dozens of unfinished works, as well as his chair, easels, paint pots, brushes and other objects.

Bosses at the County Durham museum said they were delighted to have received a collection belonging to such an important North East artist. Beamish already has the Berriman’s chip van, that was used in Spennymoor which features in a number of Mr Cornish’s paintings.

Mr Cornish, a pitman who became a painter, was the last surviving painter from the Spennymoor Settlement, which became known as the “Pitman’s Academy”. Some of the objects, including replicas of his unfinished work, are now on display in the Open Stores in the Museum’s Regional Resource Centre.

Kate Reeder, head of social history and collections management at Beamish, said: “We are lucky enough to have been working with Norman’s family over the past year. This has given us a unique perspective into Norman’s life and we are extremely grateful that his family has so kindly donated such wonderful pieces of history to Beamish. Norman captured everyday life in the North East, from men working in the pits to women gossiping in the back lanes, which we hope to share with people through our own 1950s developments in the future. We want to tell the fascinating story of how men, such as Norman, and women joined organisations like the Spennymoor Settlement, the Ashington Group and others to represent their lives through media such as painting and writing.”

Read more @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/culture-news/norman-cornish-studio-donated-beamish-7884814
 
#111 ·
Sunderland energy workers turn historical re-enactors for Beamish event

From today's Shields Gazette @ http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/...torial-reenactors-for-beamish-event-1-6883896
Sunderland energy workers turn historical re-enactors for Beamish event
9th October 2014


Staff from EDF Energy in Sunderland as they volunteer at Beamish's Agricultural Show

VOLUNTEERS took a step back in time at a heritage museum’s annual festival.

Ten customer service advisors from EDF Energy’s Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland, joined a 50-strong team in traditional 1913 dress at the annual Beamish Agricultural Show, in County Durham.

Volunteer Marc Lofthouse organised for his work team to visit the historic attraction as part of the EDF Energy Helping Hands scheme, which encourages workers to support community and voluntary projects. He said: “This was a great opportunity to be involved in something different and to help out one of the region’s best attractions. Beamish is a great place to learn about the history and culture of the North East, so we were enthusiastic to support the annual agricultural fayre. We got to help with a variety of different activities that were going on throughout the day, including tending to the animals, speaking to visitors and helping out with games.”
 
#113 ·
A big well done to Beamish,--

This from the Northern Echo,--

Beamish strikes gold as it picks up another tourism award


BEAMISH Museum was crowned the North-East’s best large attraction at the region’s tourism awards last night (Tuesday, November 11).

The open air museum, just outside Stanley, County Durham, has won a host of awards over the years for its lively interpretation of the region’s industrial heritage.

At the ceremony in Sunderland’s Stadium of Light, it picked up a gold award in the North East England Tourism Awards 2014.

Read more http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...es_gold_as_it_picks_up_another_tourism_award/
 
#114 ·
Christmas is kicked off at Beamish Museum as Santa comes to town

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Christmas is kicked off at Beamish Museum as Santa comes to town
Nov 15, 2014 15:20 By Hannah Flint


Santa arrives at Beamish Open Air Museum

Christmas kicked off in good old-fashioned style as hundreds of families flocked to see Santa arrive at Beamish Museum this weekend.

The Museum was transformed with festive flair as Father Christmas made his annual stop at the County Durham attraction in front of huge crowds that lined the historic streets yesterday. The big man himself arrived in a sleigh pulled by two reindeer amid festive tunes from Dunston Silver Band. A procession of period vehicles and costumed folk also led Mr Claus into town.

Jane Martin, 33, of Durham City, said: “We always come here at this time. Sometimes Santa arrives in a helicopter. It’s always good fun for all the family.” Geoff Arnott, 56, of Lanchester, added: “Beamish always know how to put on a good show at this time of year. I prefer coming here in the winter than the summer, to be honest.”

The annual event sees thousands head to the museum to kickstart their Christmas celebrations by watching the procession that changes every year. Last year Santa was brought in by camels.

Read more @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/christmas-kicked-beamish-museum-santa-8113534
 
#115 ·
Beamish Museum director Richard Evans talks of ambitious plans

From today's Journal Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-e...beamish-museum-director-richard-evans-8235260
Beamish Museum director Richard Evans talks of ambitious plans
Dec 05, 2014 19:00 By Graeme Whitfield


Richard Evans of Beamish Museum.

Richard Evans’ office is just a few doors up from his local pub, with a dentist’s, a sweep shop and a haberdasher’s close by too.

The upstairs room also has lovely views of a small park and lets him keep an eye on the ever-growing number of visitors who are coming to the business he runs, Beamish Museum. That Mr Evans has moved his office from a modern office block on the edge of the museum to an upstairs room in the middle of the Town at Beamish is emblematic of the way he has thrown himself into the running of the open air museum since taking over there six years.

Not afraid to don period costume where the need arises, he has also overseen a re-birth at Beamish that has brought significant results: visitor numbers more than doubling, turnover up by a similar amount, volunteer involvement increasing to an even great degree and exciting developments ahead where once the future was not so clear.

“In 2008 we had 297,000 visitors. This year will be about 630,000 so we’ve doubled in size over the last six years and we’re really proud of that,” he said. I try not to be too critical in the past, it’s easy to do that, but I think that it was a difficult time. 2007, ‘08, ‘09 - that period was difficult for us. We were coming out of a period when the museum had been run by the local authorities and funded by them to a time where we were run as a charity and we needed to change the way we worked. We still got on with the authorities but it’s just that they couldn’t be the source of our funding. In 2008 we faced an operational deficit of £250,000 out of a turnover of £4m. You don’t need to be a statistician to work out that that’s not sustainable. So we made the decision to fix that ourselves, and the team here have done a fantastic job over the last five or six years to make that happen. We had to cut costs but we also reinvested back into the museum. There are new things to come and visit all the time and there are lots of different activities and that’s through a programme of reinvestment.

Read more @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-e...beamish-museum-director-richard-evans-8235260
 
#116 ·
This from the Northern Echo,--

Householders could see their childhood home become a museum piece

HOUSEHOLDERS are being offered the unique chance to see their home recreated in a museum and seen by up to half a million visitors a year.

Beamish Museum is developing a 1950s town at the open-air museum in County Durham and hopes to find a period semi-detached house to be recreated as part of the new exhibit.

Museum staff are now hoping residents will nominate their 1950s semi, or the house they grew up in, to be copied and exactly recreated in the museum – with the winner even able to enjoy a short stay in the completed home.

The house will form part of the Lottery-funded Remaking Beamish project, which aims to create a 1950s “town” in the museum, featuring a parade of shops, police house, cafe, cinema, recreation area and 1950s trolleybus system to transport visitors.

Read more http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...e_their_childhood_home_become_a_museum_piece/
 
#117 ·
Frank Atkinson - the man who built Beamish - dies aged 90

From today's Northern Echo @ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...n___the_man_who_built_Beamish___dies_aged_90/
Frank Atkinson - the man who built Beamish - dies aged 90
30th December 2014



FRANK ATKINSON, the man whose vision created Beamish museum, one of the North-East's most popular visitor attractions, has died aged 90.

He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and died in the early hours of this morning at Wellburn House care home in Ovingham, Northumberland.

Dr Atkinson, who had three sons and five, grandchildren, was founding director of the North-East’s living history museum. Born on April 13, 1924, in Barnsley, Yorkshire, he was also a former curator of the Bowes Museum, in Barnard Castle.

During this time he developed a practical approach to the museum's collection which marked him out as a man ahead of his time. He believed the best way for museums to teach visitors and to enthuse them about a subject was to offer a hands-on experience. Some of the Bowes Museum's 'secondary' objects would not be catalogued or numbered so they could be handled by visitors or used in demonstrations. Dr Atkinson also passionately believed in the idea of an open-air museum dedicated to the recent past as a counter-point to the Bowes Museum's classical collection of French and Spanish fine art. His idea was supported by the Bowes Committee.

Last year, on Valentine’s Day Dr Atkinson celebrated his sixtieth wedding anniversary with his wife, Joan. His family is planning a private burial with a public memorial service to be held in the New Year.

Read more @ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/ne...n___the_man_who_built_Beamish___dies_aged_90/
 
#119 ·
Old toilet door is now a museum piece

From today's Shields Gazette @ http://www.shieldsgazette.com/what-s-on/old-toilet-door-is-now-a-museum-piece-1-7035094
Old toilet door is now a museum piece
6th January 2015


find ... Ron Brown of AAG Archaeology with the netty door. Below, the Westoe Netty painting.

A toilet door recovered from a historic South Tyneside building now takes pride of place at one of the North East’s most popular visitor attractions.

During a survey of a Regency townhouse in Beach Road, South Shields, staff at North-East company AAG Archaeology found what is possibbly the only lavatory door to make it into a museum collection. It was eagle-eyed archaeologist Ron Brown who spotted what is thought to be the best-surviving example of a classic North-East netty door sticking out of the rubble of a demolished toilet.

Now the door is on display at County Durham’s Beamish Museum, also home to the famous Westoe Netty, the inspiration for a much-loved 1972 painting by borough artist Bob Olley. When the railway embankment that housed the 1890-built Westoe urinal was removed in 1996, every piece of the structure was put in storage. In 2007, the open-air museum gave it a new home.

Mr Brown said: “The netty door from Beach Road is a significant find as it typifies the regional netty door. The door is painted in the shade of green commonly seen on fixtures and fittings of the Victorian and subsequent periods.”

Mr Olley is happy to see another symbol of working-class life in the region being preserved. He said: “So many must have gone on bonfires over the years, it’s good to know there’s one left to make it into a museum.”
 
#120 ·
Inaugural Durham 'tourism superstar' one of 10 people shortlisted for national prize

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Inaugural Durham 'tourism superstar' one of 10 people shortlisted for national prize
Jan 09, 2015 11:49 By Will Metcalfe


Matthew Henderson, who works at Beamish

A tourism ‘superstar’ has been named as one of 10 people across England in the running for a national crown.

Matthew Henderson, engagement and participation team assistant at Beamish, has been shortlisted for the Visit England tourism superstar award. In December he was named Visit County Durham’s tourism superstar and this week he was shortlisted for the national prize.

After a six week college placement at the age of 17 Matthew realised working at Beamish was his dream job and he was soon offered a two year apprenticeship which led to a full time position. He said: “I can’t believe I’ve been shortlisted, it is a real surprise and an honour to even get this far. I love working at Beamish, every day is different and you can’t help but feel a real passion for the museum. All the staff and volunteers here work so hard to try and make every visitor’s experience the best it can be and I love being a part of that.”

VisitEngland is to host an online public vote set to go live at the end of the month. From January 31, a short film of all nominees will be found on www.mirroronline.co.uk where readers can vote for their favourite.

Read more @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/inaugural-durham-tourism-superstar-one-8411811
 
#121 ·
Record numbers make Beamish Museum in County Durham the region's most popular

From today's Chronicle Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/record-numbers-make-beamish-museum-8432686
Record numbers make Beamish Museum in County Durham the region's most popular
Jan 12, 2015 16:17 By Craig Thompson



Beamish Museum is celebrating a record-breaking year after welcoming 654,357 visitors in 2014.

Visitor numbers were up 11 per cent on the previous year at the County Durham attraction and have doubled over the past five years, making Beamish the North East’s most popular museum.

Richard Evans, Director of Beamish Museum, said: “We’re over the moon about our results for 2014 – and are very proud to say that it has been the best year Beamish has ever had. It has been a lot of fun and a lot of hard work. Thanks to the income we earn ourselves, we are now able to employ more than 350 people at Beamish in a diverse range of jobs from engineers to cooks. With a range of new attractions and events in the pipeline for 2015 we are now looking forward to being as busy as ever.”

The record visitor numbers come at an exciting time for Beamish, which was voted Large Visitor Attraction of the Year in the North East England Tourism Awards 2014.

The Museum is also planning its ambitious £16.7 million Remaking Beamish project. The Heritage Lottery Fund has given initial support for a £10.75million grant for the scheme, which includes plans for a 1950s Town and Farm and a Georgian coaching inn. The project is set to create 95 jobs and 50 apprenticeships, and attract 100,000 more visitors a year to the region.
 
#122 ·
Drop in events to help replicate semi detached home in Beamish

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Drop in events to help replicate semi detached home in Beamish
Jan 22, 2015 19:00 By Craig Thompson


Beamish is appealing for help to decide which style of semi-detached house should be replicated in its amazing plans for a new 1950s Town

A series of events are set to take place where people can nominate their house to be replicated at Beamish Museum.

The museum is asking people who live in 1950s semi-detached houses across the region to nominate their homes for a special exhibition. The exhibition, which will see a replica of a 1950s town built inside the museum, will include an exact copy of a classic 1950s North East house.

Now a series of drop-in events have been planned where people can put forward their favourite 1950s style home. Anyone who lives or has lived in a building they think might be appropriate for the exhibition can nominate their house to be recreated exactly. A team from Beamish will set up a 1950s living room in the Bridges shopping centre, in Sunderland, this Saturday for the first of its Nominate Your House community events.

Museum staff and volunteers will be visiting locations across the region in coming weeks, including Northumberland, County Durham, Newcastle, Gateshead, South Tyneside and North Tyneside. The winning house will be decided by a public vote and the person who made the nomination will even get the chance to stay overnight in the finished exhibit as part of the opening celebrations.

Read more @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/drop-events-help-replicate-semi-8496422
 
#123 ·
Half term at Beamish Museum will be filled with fascinating North East tales from the First World War

From today's Journal Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/family-kids-news/half-term-beamish-museum-filled-8480958
Half term at Beamish Museum will be filled with fascinating North East tales from the First World War
Jan 26, 2015 12:00 By Sam Wonfor



From a Victoria Cross hero to a footballer-turned-soldier, visitors to Beamish Museum this February half term will discover amazing North East stories from the First World War.

The bravery of Victoria Cross recipient Private Michael Heaviside and Sunderland AFC footballer Charlie Buchan are among the fascinating tales being shared at the popular County Durham attraction.

Visitors will also be able to take part in a training camp, set up in the museum’s Pit Village, to tell the story of the huge recruitment drive that took place in 1915. Recruits will be put through their paces with drills and sports challenges. Visitors can sample food from the field kitchen, try on uniform, find out how to pack a parcel to send to soldiers, or join in with morale-boosting songs from a century ago.

Work from local groups and schools about how the First World War affected their communities will also be on display. The activities, running between February 14 and 22, are part of four years of commemorations being held at Beamish to mark the centenary of the First World War.

Gemma Stevenson, community events officer, says: “We’re working with communities across the North East to explore local stories from the First World War. There are some amazing stories, some of which may have been forgotten or never told before. In 1915, there was a big drive towards recruitment, so we’re telling that story this February half term.”

Read more @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/family-kids-news/half-term-beamish-museum-filled-8480958
 
#124 ·
Take a walk through a day in the life of Beamish Museum

Courtesy of today's Journal Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/take-walk-through-day-life-8558043
Take a walk through a day in the life of Beamish Museum
06:29, 2 February 2015 By Craig Thompson


Phil Telford, from the Attendants Team at Beamish Museum

A tram trundles down the cobbled Edwardian street, past the Co-op and terrace of houses, before stopping to drop off the first visitors of the day.

Inside the exhibits of the 1900s town, costumed staff and volunteers are waiting ready to share their stories and objects from the North East’s history.

Beamish Museum has just had its busiest ever year, welcoming a record 654,357 visitors in 2014, up 11 per cent on the previous year. The museum also celebrated being named the North East’s Large Visitor Attraction of the Year, as well as Not-for-Profit Organisation of the Year in The Journal’s North East Business Awards.

Behind this success is the hard work and devotion of Beamish’s 360 staff and 420 volunteers, both in the County Durham museum’s exhibits and behind the scenes, from costume, collections and catering to gardening and engineering. Before Beamish even opens its doors to visitors at 10am, the museum has been alive with activity for several hours. First thing - from 6am in summer months - transport and industry staff are inspecting tracks, and cleaners are working their way across the 350 acre site.

The team of attendants are on their rounds, keeping the site moving, responsible for everything from deliveries and collections to setting up for events, operating the ice rink and dealing with recycling and rubbish. By 8.30am staff are busy across the museum, including at 1820s Pockerley Old Hall and Waggonway, the 1900s Town and Pit Village and 1940s Farm. They’re cleaning, dusting, setting the coal fires, and preparing for the baking and craft activities taking place throughout the day. The Tramway Team is getting the trams and buses ready for the day’s service. When steam locomotives are running at the Waggonway and Rowley Station, they too are being prepared. Over in The Town’s Tea Rooms, staff are already making the daily batches of fresh scones, soup, and traditional dishes, made with locally-sourced ingredients.

Read more @ http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/take-walk-through-day-life-8558043
 
#128 ·
Beamish Museum project could lose out on European development cash

From today's Chronicle Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/beamish-museum-project-could-lose-8843749
Beamish Museum project could lose out on European development cash
08:30, 16 March 2015 By Rachel Wearmouth


Beamish Museum

Chiefs at Beamish Museum may be forced to downsize an ambitious expansion plan as doubt is cast over European funding.

The much-loved heritage site was relying on £4m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to push ahead with ‘Remaking Beamish’, a bold 12-year plan that would create 100 jobs. The County Durham museum was listed in the North East Strategic Economic Plan as a priority for a share of the money later in the year.

However, North East Labour MEP Jude Kirton says the Government has overruled the North East Local Enterprise Partnership. It means the museum will not get the cash because it is a not-for-profit venture and not a business. The MEP is now making an urgent plea to power-holders to intervene and said Beamish and other not-for-profit companies are critical to the North East economy. She told the European Parliament in Brussels this week: “Beamish is one of Europe’s largest open air museums which annually entertains 650,000 visitors. It is a key local employer and a unique selling point for my constituency.” She added: “The North East Cultural Partnership is trying to build on existing economic successes, in part using the EU’s ERDF funding. But, our UK Government has blocked access to EU funding for not-for-profit cultural enterprises. This brutal blow ignores the social and economic benefits offered to Europe by cultural industries, at a time when our constituencies can ill afford to turn down the opportunities for jobs and growth available.”

A spokesman for the museum said it would be a “terrible missed opportunity” for the region’s tourism industry to miss out on the vital fund. The Remaking Beamish proposal includes a replica of a 1950s town and is forecast to create almost 100 jobs, as well as 50 apprenticeships, and bring in an extra 100,000 visitors to the North East. Around £10m for the £17m project has come via a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, but the European cash is crucial for the Remaking Beamish vision to be realised as the museum cannot raise the remainder in full.

Read more @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/beamish-museum-project-could-lose-8843749
 
#129 ·
Beamish Musuem grant will help inspire County Durham's future engineers

From today's Chronicle Live, copyright NCJMedia Ltd @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/beamish-musuem-grant-help-inspire-8877941
Beamish Musuem grant will help inspire County Durham's future engineers
08:30, 20 March 2015 By Tony Henderson


Richard Evans of Beamish Museum

A museum's work to preserve the North East’s heritage will be used to help inspire young people to be the engineers of the future.

The aim will be backed by a £120,000 grant from the Reece Foundation to Beamish Museum in County Durham. The three-year project aims to involve 10,000 children in STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects. The campaign also hopes to increase youth volunteering at the museum’s Regional Heritage Engineering Centre (RHEC) and help raise awareness of the North East’s pioneering contribution to engineering.

Richard Evans, Beamish’s director, said: “We are overjoyed to receive this grant and it really will make a huge difference in helping us to nurture the next generation of engineers and STEM students.”

A STEM learning co-ordinator will be appointed to create activities using Beamish’s site, collections, stories and events, with inspiration from the region’s celebrated engineers. The co-ordinator will work with businesses, schools, colleges and universities to link classroom learning, visits to Beamish and real-life problem-solving. Plans for a STEM-themed “marketplace” event at Beamish have been drawn up to showcase the region’s leading engineering and manufacturing companies to schools, colleges and young people.

Simon Woolley, Beamish’s head of learning, said: “This fantastic grant from the Reece Foundation will allow us to celebrate the incredible world-leading innovations of the region’s past in ways that will inspire children’s learning.
Enabling young people to understand the creative solutions found in the past will ultimately inspire them to seek innovative ways of solving scientific and technological problems of today.”

Read more @ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/beamish-musuem-grant-help-inspire-8877941
 
#130 ·
The Great North Festival of Transport & Great North Steam Fair at Beamish Museum - pictures 10/04/15 Part 1

The Great North Festival of Transport 9th April, 2015 - 26th April, 2015

All aboard for this transport extravaganza! From trams and cars to steam engines, lorries and cycles, there will be a fantastic line-up of Beamish transport and visiting vehicles alike.

Join us as we celebrate the region’s industrial heritage. The festival events are great days out for steam enthusiasts and the whole family alike.

The Great North Steam Fair is one of our biggest events of the year. The four-day spectacular lets Beamish really show off its steam engines, plus impressive visiting locomotives.


http://www.beamish.org.uk/the-great-north-festival-of-transport/

AND

Great North Steam Fair : 9th April, 2015 - 12th April, 2015

It’s full steam ahead at Beamish during this weekend for one of our biggest events of the year – The Great North Steam Fair! At this four-day steam spectacular, from 9th to 12th April, there’ll be vehicles of all shapes, sizes and colours, with something for everyone to enjoy. Most of the Museum’s magnificent steam engines will be in action or out on view and there’s a host of visiting vehicles too!

The UK’s only working steam navy will be in operation along with a selection of road making equipment from the past 100 years.

Why not see how many vintage vehicles you can spot – we’ll have traction engines, steam rollers, cars, buses, motorcycles, bikes and more!

Impressive visiting locomotives will be running on our narrow-gauge and there will be working displays of vintage technology across the museum.

Plus there will be loads of hands-on activities for families to enjoy – you can take a ride on the miniature railway too!

A Model Tramway Exhibition is being held in the Collections Study Room which can be accessed from the Foulbridge tram and bus stop on Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th April. There will be 9 model tramways on display along with the Tramway & Light Railway Society Estates Service shop and Smart Models.


http://www.beamish.org.uk/great-north-steam-fair/

NB If going on 11th or 12th for the Steam Fair it is advisable to buy your ticket in advance via the http://www.beamish.org.uk/prices/ page - will save a long wait.

On Friday 10th joined the queue just after 1100 and waited nearly 45 minutes to gain admission

Some pictures of the events, taken by myself Friday 10/04/15 (shown over a number of posts) to show some of the static and moving exhibits

















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More on following posts

KEN
 
#131 ·
The Great North Festival of Transport & Great North Steam Fair at Beamish Museum - pictures 10/04/15 Part 2

Part 2

Some pictures of the events, taken by myself Friday 10/04/15 (shown over a number of posts) to show some of the static and moving exhibits





















Images hosted on Photobucket

More on following post

KEN
 
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