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Beamish museum is an open-air museum located in the town of Stanley in County Durham, England. Beamish tries to show what life was like in a typical northern town in the early 20th century — much of the restoration and interpretation is specific to 1913.
The museum was established in the 1970s under director Frank Atkinson. Atkinson was concerned to preserve the customs, traditions, and ways of speech of the region and adopted a policy of "unselective collecting", whereby local people could donate anything of the period to the museum.
Beamish has its own railway, Pockerley Waggonway, which comprises an engine shed from 1825 and a short length of track, on which a replica of George Stephenson's Locomotion No.1 runs. Visitors to the museum can ride in the unsprung carriages.
Other exhibits include a coal mine, as well as houses, shops, and trams.
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