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Heritage
Stanley
This popular event celebrates everything linked with wind power!
Exhibition
Durham City
In November 2013 two mass burials were discovered in an area being developed as a new café for Palace Green Library. After over 350 years, a team of archaeologists from Durham University were able to confirm that the burials were some of a group of...
Heritage
Stanley
On the 9th and 10th June the roads and streets at Beamish will come alive with the sights and sounds of stunning classic vehicles from the Morris Car Club.
Fete / Fair
Beamish
Enjoy the hustle and bustle of a Georgian Country Fair at Pockerley Waggonway from 31st May to 3rd June 2018. Experience a fair like no other as The Squire of Pockerley sets about hiring his staff for the coming months!
Walking Event
Durham City
Offering Guided Tours to be booked through Palace Green Library. Tours at 10:15, 11:15, 12:15, 13;15, 14:15, 15:15, 16:15. Take part in a free tour of Durham Castle. Tours will take place hourly. Places are limited and must be booked in advance.
Festival
Bishop Auckland
The Binchester Roman Festival takes place weekend July 14/15, repeated August 27, and features groups of re-enactors. Events commence 11.00am repeated at 2.00pm.
Heritage
Durham City
Free entry to the permanent exhibition, Living on the Hills: 10,000 Years of Durham. Normal opening hours apply. No need to book, just turn up on the day.
Historical
Durham
Celebrate the May Day Bank Holiday by making your own beautiful decorations to take home with you!
Christmas and New Year
Stanley
Every year Father Christmas arrives in style for his stay at Beamish, he’s travelled to us by RAF Sea King helicopter, by motorbike, on a fire engine, as part of a nativity parade with real camels and even been escorted by unicorns!
Exhibition
South Road, Durham
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the political revolution which brought the rule of the Shoguns to an end in Japan. It began a period of major political, economic and social change in Japan. This exhibition explores these events and their...
Heritage
Dale Road , Durham City
Join us for a celebration of steam power in our star-studded conclusion of Steam Season. One of our biggest events of the year, the Autumn Steam Gala features guest steam locomotives for a moving celebration of steam power.
Antique Fairs
Durham
This exhibition celebrates 20 years of the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Treasure Act and also the archaeology that is discovered everyday by the public.
20 years ago a unique programme began, its aim was to record archaeological artefacts...
Heritage
Stanley
You won’t be stumped for things to do this summer – Beamish has a host of cricketing fun lined up!
Exhibition
Market Place, Bishop Auckland
A new temporary exhibition opens in the Mining Art Gallery this spring, celebrating the 75th anniversary of The Bevin Boys, featuring works bylocal mining artists. In 1943 Britain was at war.
Heritage
Durham City
The Treasures of St Cuthbert represent some of the most significant surviving Anglo-Saxon artefacts in the UK, offering a remarkable insight into the life of St Cuthbert one of North East England’s best-loved saints.
Participatory Event
Durham City
For the first time, the public will be able to climb the North West tower, and see Durham City from a new perspective.
Heritage
Stanley
We are very lucky that once again the North East Police History Society will be putting on a display of items and exhibits at Beamish.
Exhibition
South Road, Durham
An exhibition by artists Stephen, Margaret and Kate Livingstone, working with Dr Abbie Garrington of Durham University to recreate Himalayan mountain climbs in miniature.
Exhibition
South Road, Durham
An exhibition by curator/photographer Lauren Barnes, illustrating the everyday lives of South Koreans over the course of a single year.
Performance
Beamish
Join The Pit Village folk as they celebrate their Sunday School Anniversary, a big event for the community, when children wearing their finery would have taken part in a service before gathering for a picnic and treat.
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