Beamish Museum
The North of England Open Air Museum ( German: " North of England Open Air Museum " and shortly also Beamish Museum) is an open air museum in County Durham in the UK. The village in the museum is like a neighboring place the name Beamish. In 1987, the museum was named European Museum of the Year.
Geography
The museum is located southwest of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. The site covers 120 hectares.
History
In 1958, the future museum director Frank Atkinson made it strong, represent the living and working conditions of 19th and 20th century in North East England in a museum for posterity. Thus, the area was purchased in 1970 for the museum and opened to the public in 1972. Operators of the county and nine of their cities. Around 95 percent of the operating costs are covered by revenue from admissions, souvenirs and sale of the generated products and the club founded in 1968, Friends of Beamish. The remaining costs are borne by the operators, the state and the EU. Visit per year, approximately 350,000 visitors the museum.
Construction
The museum consists of several buildings that are embedded in the landscape. Most of the buildings are replicas or originating from the region. The greater part of the plants shows life in North East England in 1913, a smaller part based on the life 1825., Not only through exhibits, but also by costumed interpreters and historical transport is the past represented plastically.
The "city "
The " town " consists of a stretch of road in the Victorian style to present the 1913. In the city there is a grocery store, a confectionery manufacturer including shop, a motor workshop with a small car showroom, a dental practice, a print shop, a bank, a restaurant, the house of a music teacher, the office of a lawyer and stables. By the road a tram.
The " Home Farm "
The farm is a replica, which is also supposed to represent the year 1913. It includes several buildings which were typical for this time.
Coal mine and settlement
Components of a former coal mine, that there had its original place, are the headframe of the mine machinery including buildings and vehicles. The tunnels of the mine are walkable. In addition to the mine there is a small mining village including garden, a school building and a Methodist chapel. This section also represents the year 1913.
The train station
Here, the two-track land station from Rowley near Consett in County Durham was reconstructed in 1867. Some outbuildings and ground- typical exhibits come from other stations in the region. The museum has a train station waiting room, a waiting room for ladies and a ticket office. In addition to the station signals, a wagon shed to see a weighing station and coal bunker. In addition, numerous cargo and a replica of a locomotive C 060 to 1889 are on display.
Pockerley Waggonway
The railway system Pockerley Waggonway as part of the eastern area The Georgian North includes a replica of the Steam Elephant from 1815, which is not roadworthy. The original was built by William Chapman and provided to 1840 his service. In contrast, the replica of Locomotion No.1 by George Stephenson is ready. The original sailed from 1825, the paths of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Pockerley Manor
This estate, which also belongs to the Georgian North, represents the year 1825. The house shows the former living conditions. So it does not have a connection to the electricity network. At the house a typical for this time garden adjoins. Completed this area is of a paddock. This part of the museum is only open during the summer months.
Trams, trolley buses and buses
The museum has several historic trams from various cities in the surrounding area that serve the visitors in the Transport Museum. It runs every 20 minutes on a ring road clockwise through the grounds. Numerous stations are operated. The line was opened on 24 May 1973, a 600 meter long section between tram depot and train station. In 1985 it was extended to the " city ". The following year, was added an extension from the depot to the new visitor center. On 24 June 1993, the last piece of today's ring was opened. The web has a total of seven trams and two trolley buses. A historical bus travel between coal mine and "City ".
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