Children & Families

October Half-Term at Beamish Museum

Family activities across the open-air museum through half-term, taking in 1820s Pockerley, the 1900s Town and Pit Village, the 1940s Farm and the 1950s Town, with demonstrations, traditional games and vintage tram rides.

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