The Beamish Charter

Our mission is to present, in a dynamic museum, the social history of the people of the North East of England, and to ensure that our visitors are engaged, informed, entertained and educated, and become our best advocates.

Guiding Principles

We will carry out our Mission according to the following Guiding Principles: that we will:

Maintain our integrity as a museum by studying, collecting, preserving, interpreting and exhibiting to the public, buildings, machinery, objects and information, illustrating the development of industry and agriculture and way of life in the North East of England.

Present the social history of the North East region, throughout the museum including specifically the 1820's and the 1913 period areas as indicated in the Beamish Development Strategy.

Inform our visitors, entertain our visitors, educate and involve our visitors, without compromising our historical integrity Seek to achieve and maintain the highest standards of customer care in all aspects of our work. Ensure financial security, business integrity and sustainability.

Treat each other with dignity and respect, and ensure a happy and safe working environment where innovation is encouraged and where the contribution of each and every person involved in the Beamish project is valued.

Maintain our identity as the Region's Museum, by ensuring that we contribute to economic regeneration, lifelong learning, education, social inclusion and the region's identity.

Develop appropriate partnerships within the Region. Maintain our links with and involvement in the immediate community as well as the North East region as a whole.

Continue our work in maintaining Beamish as a world class museum with internationally important collections.