Located near Consett, County Durham, the North East of England attraction at Beamish is a museum to which you can take a succession of guests year after year and not hear groans from children.
Hands on education: see it, taste it, mine, ride, wear it, reminisce again sort of museum which makes the historic fun.
Britain's favourite open air, industrial, agricultural and domestic history attraction near Consett is a living museum with volunteers working the farm, ex-Consett railway, tram-line and buses.
Children on school visits wear costume and everyone can see sweet-making in the Sweet Factory, horse-teams ploughing, school lessons, ‘clippy' mat-making in the pit cottages, and go underground.
See opening times
Proposed 2008 calendar
*STEAM RALLY – 10TH/11TH MAY
Guided walks of The Historic Georgian Garden 18th May
Museum's Empire Celebrations 24th/25th May
Costumed children sing in Sunday School Anniversary, 1st June
1913 Military Camp – 7th/8th June
Historic North Country Quilting – 28th/29th June
Museum volunteers demonstrate traditional skills in National Archaeology Weekend 12th/13th July
Cleveland Bay Horse Society educational Discovery Day – 19th July
*Historic 1825 GEORGIAN FAIR - 9TH AUGUST - bunting, fire-eating, traditional crafting, military drills, Northumbrian pipes
*NAPOLEONIC MUSTER – 9TH/10TH AUGUST
North Country Quilting– 9th/10th August
*HORSE PLOUGHING MATCH & COUNTRY CRAFT DEMONSTRATIONS – 23RD AUGUST
Lace Making - 23rd/24th August
*PRIZE LEEK SHOW - 6TH/7TH SEPTEMBER
Harvest Festival in the Chapel – 7th September
Corn Dolly Weekend – 20th/21st September
Volunteers prepare Harvest Home Supper with traditional recipes 11th/12th October
*major Event
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