Beamish

I was trying to think of museums i had or was planning to go to that would inspire me enough to write about them, that i would know alot about and how i could easily research more...then it clicked. I better write about the one i LIVE in.

Yes, i live in a museum. Well sort of. I live in the grounds of Beamish Museum, a built up town that has everything from the dentist to the sweet shop all set in the early 1900's. It's spread across quite a large amount of land. There is a town centre, the mines, the old station and garages where old cars are being repaired...It even has a merry go round. The tram or an old fashioned bus takes you from place to place and quite honestly...it's a good day out.

Beamish has always been popular with the surrounding schools for school trips. Dressing the kids up as victorians with flat caps and mop hats and sending them off to see how their ancestors survived without washing machines and television. It boasts cafes such as 'The Canny Cuppa' and what i must say is the best sweet shop around.

It's nice to see a museum that's abit different, clearly i am bias as my family decided to live in the surrounding grounds to it, but i think it's great to see somewhere trying to educate whilst having fun, it's a perfectly designed place for kids and adults and has had people travelling from really quite far away to come and visit.