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Beamish: The North of England Open Air Museum

Beamish: The North of England Open Air Museum. What Happens at Beamish!. Frank Atkinson First Director of Beamish Museum. Collecting for a Museum…. Smallest…. Biggest…. Getting started. 1969 : Joint Committee of the North of England Open Air Museum formed 1970: First staff appointed

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Beamish: The North of England Open Air Museum

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  1. Beamish:The North of England Open Air Museum What Happens at Beamish!

  2. Frank AtkinsonFirst Directorof Beamish Museum

  3. Collecting for a Museum…

  4. Smallest…

  5. Biggest…

  6. Getting started 1969 : Joint Committee of the North of England Open Air Museum formed 1970: First staff appointed 1970: Site acquired Aykley Heads, Durham Dilston Hall, nr. Corbridge Beamish Hall, nr. Stanley, Co. Durham 1970: Beamish collections moved from Bowes Museum 1971: First public exhibition ‘Museum in the Making’

  7. In the beginning . . . . . . 1970

  8. Developing the site . . . . . . Rowley Station before move, 1969 Under re-construction at Beamish, completed 1975

  9. The Town Annfield Plain Co-op Store, 1976, before dismantling The old Annfield Plain Co-op from "Jubilee History" 1870-1920

  10. The Town Ravensworth Terrace

  11. Colliery Village: Winding Engine

  12. The Colliery Village: Pit cottages

  13. Home Farm

  14. PockerleyManor

  15. The Waggonway

  16. The Georgian Landscape

  17. Transport

  18. What did we do with it all! Unselective collecting from 1960-1980! With 1978 being the peak year in collecting as the coal industry declined rapidly in this year. 1989 Beamish becomes as Registered Museum and by the 1990s collecting is becoming tailored toward projects. The original documentation system was linked to the Bowes Museum. As between 1961 and 1964 items for the open air museum were collected as part of the Bowes collections. It was not until 1970 that Beamish collected independently. The 1961 cards recorded the following fields: Group Place of Origin Reg. Number Object Period Date of Accession Negative Description

  19. What did we do with it all! A manual filing system evolved, with a separate donor’s index, as many people were repeat donors! 1985 a receipt system was introduced, to ensure all donor were happy with the terms and conditions of donating to a working museum. In addition to this the Green Spot system was introduced, adding a layer of collections, not accessioned but still tractable! 1995 Access database established. Developed over time……..with 88,259 2007-8 new database!!!!!!

  20. Location and How it came to the museum

  21. Social History and Industrial Classification • Creates a link between an object and its use • Allows users to find objects relating to use. • Beamish is a people focused museum and • this system allows staff and public to find object without knowing what they are looking for!

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