Learn more about Beamish with the museum’s official guidebook, updated to include The 1950s Town!

Packed full of information about each exhibit at the museum, it’s the perfect guide for all you need to know about Beamish. Did you know The Great Shed is based on railway pioneer Timothy Hackworth’s erecting shop in Shildon, County Durham? That the winding engine house is the sole survivor of a type designed in 1800? Or that the toy shop in our 1950s Town takes inspiration from Romer Parrish’s toy shop in Middlesbrough?

There’s so much to discover!

This beautiful keepsake features a map of the Beamish site, information about the museum and its exhibits as well as photographs the museum.