The Beamish Times

Museum’s Learning Team Shortlisted for Learning Programme of the Year

• 12 March 2026

Transport & Engineering Diary 2026 February Part 2

• 7 March 2026

Shining a Light on The North East’s LGBT+ History

From the “first modern lesbian” to the first openly gay politician elected in the UK, the North East has a deep history of gender and sexual diversity.

• 25 February 2026

Beamish Museum awarded Sustainable Built Environment Award

Beamish Museum was delighted to have won the Sustainable Built Environment Award at the County Durham Environment Awards, for its Remaking Beamish project.

• 20 February 2026

Armstrong Whitworth Overhauls

Discover progress on our two Armstrong Whitworth projects.

• 19 February 2026

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 & Engineering Diary 2026 February Part 1

Discover the latest on Samson’s overhaul and some of the considerable work taking place on the Tramway infrastructure this winter.

• 10 February 2026

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 & 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