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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  • Museum
  • Description: open-air museum in County Durham, United Kingdom
  • Address: Beamish, Stanley, DH9 0RG
  • Also known as
    “Beamish”
    “Beamish, The Living Museum of The North”
    “North of England Open Air Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pockerley Farmhouse and Beamish Hall.
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is situated 730 feet east of Beamish Museum.
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is a mid-18th-century country house, now… is situated 2,900 feet west of Beamish Museum.
is a hamlet in , England. is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Beamish Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beamish and No Place.
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is a village in in northeast England.
is a small village that lies between the…
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is a hamlet in the civil parish of , in , England.

Beamish Museum

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Latitude
54.88569° or 54° 53′ 9″ north
Longitude
-1.65832° or 1° 39′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C6WV8PR+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 338800611
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
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”
  • Danish: “North of England Open Air 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・ミュージアム”
  • 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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