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Beamish Open Air Museum near Gateshead for a full, fun packed, family day out

Beamish Open Air Museum near Gateshead

 where the past comes to life

Beamish Museum is unique and just a stones throw away from Gateshead

We're no ordinary museum. We give a living, working experience of life as it was in the Great North - historic and educational

Beamish is Britain's favourite open air museum. The museum is set in over 300 acres of beautiful countryside and vividly recreates life in the North of England in the early 1800s and 1900s

Beamish Open Air Museum is only a few miles from Gateshead and winner of both the British Museum of the Year and European Museum of the Year Awards

At the museum, we demonstrate the recent history of the region in a "living" way and provide entertainment and education for visitors of all ages and interests

A fantastic living museum and right on your Gateshead doorstep

You will find people from the past to welcome visitors and interpret how the people of the North of England lived and worked

Step on board our trams and we'll transport you back in time

Beamish Museum can be easily reached by following the A1 south from Gateshead. Take the Chester-le-Street turn off and follow the brown tourist signs along the A693

Please mention The Best Of Gateshead when visiting Beamish Museum