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Celebrations - in apt retro style - are under way at Beamish Museum following news of a prestigious UK award. As reported, the County Durham attraction won the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2025 title ...

County Durham's Beamish Museum plays a starring role in new Channel 4 show 'A Woman of Substance' starring Brenda Blethyn.

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Beamish Museum is looking to recruit new staff for a range of roles. The popular County Durham attraction has announced a ...

Judges praise County Durham attraction’s ‘remarkable attention to detail’ in bringing history to life Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, has won the prestigious Art Fund museum of the year award ...

This weekend, I decided to shift the narrative from my usual tales of visiting specific locales and engaging with locals and business owners. Instead, I chose to spotlight the attractions and ...

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Congratulations pour in after the open-air attraction was named Museum of the Year. Beamish in Country Durham, which recreates life from bygone eras, is named the UK's museum of the year. The Durham ...

Time marches on. Society advances. Roads expand and old buildings get torn down and replaced. Well, usually. In an open-air museum in the north of England, old buildings and a different way of life ...