Beamish Museum

Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located in , England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. By displaying duplicates or replaceable items, it was also an early example of the now commonplace practice of museums allowing visitors to touch objects.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: open-air museum in County Durham, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Beamish”, “Beamish, The Living Museum of The North”, and “ビーミッシュ・ミュージアム”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Church of St Paul and The Shepherd & Shepherdess.

Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Beamish Museum.

Pub
Photo: Terry Whalebone, CC BY 2.0.
is a pub, which is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Beamish Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beamish and No Place.

Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
is a village in in northeast England.

Village
is a small village that lies between the…

Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the civil parish of , in , England.

Beamish Museum

Latitude
54.87626° or 54° 52′ 35″ north
Longitude
-1.65043° or 1° 39′ 2″ west
Elevation
459 feet (140 metres)
Open location code
9C6WV8GX+GR
Geo­Names ID
6290141
Wiki­data ID
Q252417
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Beamish Museum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Beamish Museum”
  • Chinese: “比米什博物館”
  • Danish: “Beamish Museum”
  • Dutch: “Beamish Museum”
  • Dutch: “Beamish: North of England Open Air Museum”
  • Estonian: “Beamishi muuseum”
  • German: “North of England Open Air Museum”
  • Italian: “Beamish Open Air Museum”
  • Japanese: “ビーミッシュ博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beamish Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Beamish Museum”
  • Swedish: “Beamish Museum”
  • Ukrainian: “Біміш”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: West Pelton and High Handenhold.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Beamish Hall Classic Hotel and Pockerley Pele.

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Worth a closer look: Durham and Darlington.

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