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.
About This Event
This year's half-term theme at Beamish is Beyond Coal. Through the week there are special cinema showings, children's mining banner workshops, rapper sword dancing and energy-themed quizzes and activities, mostly based around the 1900s Pit Village, plus an EDAN art exhibition in the Pit Village school from 26 October. Note that the drift mine is closed.
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