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Beamish
Beamish museum.jpg
Established 1970
Location Beamish, Stanley, County Durham, England
Type Open air living museum
Collection size 304,000+ objects
Visitors 350,000 annually
Website Beamish official website

Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum is an open air museum. It is at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, County Durham England.

Coordinates: 54°52′55″N 1°39′30″W / 54.88194°N 1.65833°W / 54.88194; -1.65833


Images for kids

  • Beamish Museum street scene

    Reenactors creating a period street scene at the museum

  • Echo office Beamish

    Opening of the Sunderland Daily Echo exhibit at Beamish in May 1991

  • Town railway, Beamish Museum, 11 April 2012

    Rowley station and yard.

  • Town railway, Beamish Museum, 11 September 2011 (9)

    Waggon and Iron Works shed.

  • Coffee pot no1 beamish

    Coffee Pot No 1 in steam

  • Beamish museum farm horse

    Reenactor stands with a pack horse at the museum.

  • Pockerley Waggonway shed, Beamish Museum, 29 July 2011

    The Great Shed of the Pockerley Waggonway

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