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Beamish Museum awarded Sustainable Built Environment Award
The County Durham Environment Awards, organised by the Environment and Climate Change Partnership, recognise the great work and commitment towards caring for the natural and built environment through sustainable innovation, design and volunteering across the county’s communities and businesses.
- 20 February 2026
Transport Blog
Armstrong Whitworth Overhauls
I thought reporting of progress on the two Armstrong Whitworth projects deserved their own post – partly as it may make them easier to find for anyone searching online for relevant material as we understand that there are a couple of projects out there (globally) to restore an AW car and potentially an AW stationary engine.
- 19 February 2026
News
Beamish Museum’s Chief Executive Recognised in Prestigious North East Business Titans List
Rhiannon Hiles, Chief Executive at Beamish Museum, has been named a North East Business Titan, in recognition of her outstanding leadership, significant impact, and contribution to the regional business community.
- 16 February 2026
Transport Blog
Transport & Engineering Diary 2026 February Part 1
The third post from January, looking at the Armstrong Whitworth car and stationary engine, is on-hold for a week or so whilst some more content is prepared, meanwhile, there is already sufficient content for Part 1 of the February diary to be published, and which covers the latest on Samson’s overhaul and some of the considerable work taking place on the Tramway infrastructure this winter.
- 10 February 2026
Transport Blog
Transport & Engineering Diary 2026 January Part 2
With plenty of content by mid-January, there will be enough material to have three posts this month, covering something of the variety of workshop and operational news that has occurred.
- 30 January 2026
Transport Blog
Transport & Engineering Diary January 2026 Part 1
As forecast in the review of 2025, there will be a lot to follow during the coming year, and already the quiet weeks over the Christmas break have yielded sufficient material for an early January blog post!
- 20 January 2026
Transport Blog
A new passenger coach for the Pockerley Waggonway
The aim of this project is to create an additional passenger carrying vehicle for use on Beamish Museum’s Pockerley Waggonway.
- 18 December 2025
News
Funding for Beamish Museum to help increase access to collections
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North is celebrating being awarded £49,000 from Art Fund, the national charity for museums and galleries, to improve access to its collections.
- 16 December 2025
News
Schoolchildren have designs on homes of the future
More than 200 North East schoolchildren shared their vision for homes of the future during a visit to Beamish, The Living Museum of the North.
- 15 December 2025