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Quoits Champion George Graham
A recent donation to the Beamish collections has been a series of objects regarding the Sunderland-born quoiting world champion, George Graham.
- 27 August 2026
Sunderland Improved Dwellings Ltd
Last year, Beamish Museum received a donation of items relating to the Sunderland Improved Dwellings Ltd. Curatorial Apprentice, Nathaniel Tegg, explains some of the fascinating history we can learn from this collection.
- 28 July 2026
Rowley Station: Family Connections
Beamish visitor Elaine Davidson discovered a fascinating link between Rowley Station, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary at Beamish this year, and her great grandfather, Jeremiah Smith. Here she shares some of Jeremiah’s story.
- 23 July 2026
Rowley Station (at Beamish) – Fifty Year Anniversary
In this Transport Blog entry, we’ll explore specific history of the Rowley station building, and its context at Beamish. Other buildings form part of the wider Rowley Station exhibit, the signalbox being covered in a previous post, and the Goods Shed and Weighbridge not having been built in 1976.
- 22 July 2026
Transport & Engineering Diary July 2026 Part 1
We start another busy month, with July’s weather encouraging visitors to the museum, where often rather challenging temperatures have had to be endured by the staff and volunteers. Work has nevertheless continued, with some significant progress being made on various fronts.
- 16 July 2026
Step Into Stories at Beamish Museum This Summer
Immerse yourselves in stories from the past during the Summer of Fun event, from 18th July to 31st August 2026 at Beamish, The Living Museum of the North.
- 14 July 2026
Serving Unity: Durham Miners’ Gala
Assistant Curator Cassandra Robson tells us more about The Big Meeting through a plate from our collection.
- 10 July 2026
Darlington Corporation Bus Shelter Part 6
The latter half of June saw further progress made on previously reported work streams and projects, despite some stifling temperatures in the workshops (and even outside!). This post covers the very beginning of July as well, as it made sense to include some of this week’s developments here too.
- 6 July 2026
Transport & Engineering Diary June 2026 Part 2
The latter half of June saw further progress made on previously reported work streams and projects, despite some stifling temperatures in the workshops (and even outside!). This post covers the very beginning of July as well, as it made sense to include some of this week’s developments here too.
- 3 July 2026