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Beamish Museum is the first regional open-air museum, in England, [2] located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. [ 3 ] By displaying duplicates or replaceable items, it was also an early example of the now commonplace practice of museums allowing visitors to touch ...
The Beamish replica was completed in 1975 for the 150th anniversary of the S&DR. The original survives as a static exhibit, having eventually become part of the National Collection held by the National Railway Museum , who have placed it on long-term loan to Head of Steam (a museum on the route of the S&DR).
Francis Bernard Beamish (5 April 1802 – 1 February 1868) [1] [2] was an Irish Whig and Liberal politician. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Beamish was the son of William Beamish and Anne Jane Margaret (née Delacour) and, in 1837, married Catherine Savery de Lisle de Courcy, daughter of Michael de Courcy and Catherine de Lisle.
George Beamish (born 24 October 1996) is a New Zealand middle-and long-distance runner, [2] who won the 1500 metres at the 2024 World Indoor Championships. He holds the Oceania area record in the 3000 m steeplechase of 8:09.64 and the New Zealand record in the indoor 3000 m and 5000 m .
By the 1970s, the station buildings had fallen into disrepair however in 1972 the station buildings were dismantled for reassembly at the North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish. [1] The relocated Rowley station was opened to public as a museum exhibit in 1976 and is presented as a North Eastern Railway station during the Edwardian period. [2]
Chet Beamish, a character from the television series The Big Valley; Dr. Beamish, a character from the film Dracula's Daughter; Leonard Beamish, a character from the film Carry On Regardless; Bert Beamish, Mrs. Beamish and Major Beamish, characters in The Ickabog by J. K. Rowling; Wendy Beamish, a character from the film St. Elmo's Fire
Dr Frank Atkinson CBE (13 April 1924 – 30 December 2014) was a British museum director and curator. Atkinson is best known for creating the Beamish Museum near Stanley, County Durham, an open-air 'living' museum on the history of the north of England with a focus on the changes brought to both urban and rural life by the industrialisation of the early 20th century.
The Counting House, part of the brewery complex in central Cork, Ireland. The Cork Porter Brewery was founded in 1791 by Beamish, Crawford, Barrett, and O’Brien. [7] [8] They purchased an existing brewery from Edward Allen (the son of Aylmer Allen who had run the brewery until his death in May 1791) on a site in Cramer's Lane that had been used for brewing since at least 1650 (and possibly ...