The Bishop Auckland Peoples' Museum is a community volunteer run project. Based in the old Hippodrom
It was established to share the history and heritage of Bishop Auckland and the surrounding area. We operate the museum, a remembrance garden, a heritage walk and a Bishop Auckland railway exhibition. We hope you enjoy your visit and get a glimpse into our towns past.
Operating as usual
This fantastic wagon plate board has been kindly donated by Chris Robinson to display as part of the existing Railway exhibition in the Four Clocks centre in Newgate Street.
This is the only permanent railway exhibition in Bishop Auckland and we are very proud to be associated with it.
Our volunteers installed a tribute bench and interpretation boards today near the station bridge, more work will be carried out in the spring of next year.
We would like to thank
Network Rail,
Newcastle building society
Sam Zair Cafe and our volunteers for their support and assistance.
Railway Exhibition at Four Clocks - a community joint venture between the Four Clocks centre
& Auckland Railways Group ( ARG is now part of Bishop Auckland People’s Museum )
Look at this beautiful banner!
Railway Exhibition
Why not pay a visit to Bishop Auckland's only dedicated and permanent railway exhibition at the Four Clocks Centre, a former Wesleyan Methodist church in Newgate Street. The exhibition in the Four Clocks Centre helps to promote the town's heritage links, particularly focusing on it's industrial past. No other site would be appropriate as the Four Clocks Centre is adjacent to the former railway goods yard and a short walk from Bishop Auckland railway station.
The unique exhibition opened in 2016 as a joint venture between the Four Clocks Centre and the Auckland Railway Group (ARG) which is now part of the Bishop Auckland People’s Museum .
At the heart of the railway exhibition is the one hundred and seven year old banner of the Bishop Auckland branch of the National Union of Railwaymen - one of only a few surviving examples. The exhibition also features memorabilia and iconic photographs of railway days long gone.
Some local railway memorabilia from 1956 that will be on display soon.
Picked up a lovely donation of some amazing heritage boards we would like to thank Dr Anne Allan from the bishop Auckland Heritage action zone. Looking forward to seeing them displayed in the museum.
Did you know you can support your town’s museum by becoming a member,
Yearly membership is available for just £5, in return you will be entitled to unlimited free visits to the museum and Remembrance Garden , regular correspondence regarding new exhibits and exhibitions and much more.
Please get intouch for more information
Thankyou to Mark Jepp and Majestic bingo for purchasing the museum some new items for its storeroom.
We will be moving into our new storeroom in the next couple of weeks and there is sponsorship opportunities available from as little as £5 to purchase outstanding items.
Please get intouch if you would like to help
Every week we will be posting one item from our collection, we would love you to comment if you remember anything in connection to the items.
Todays item is a unopened 1975 bottle of George Stephenson Special.
Photos from JG Miller - Doodles in Colour's post
We would like to thank Jamie Gardner for supplying this bespoke bench for a new project we are undertaking, updates will follow.
Today we went along to the bishop Auckland remembrance garden to the unveiling of the tribute to her late Majesty queen Elizabeth
The 1950’s Shop corner is in progress, always looking out for more items to display in this new section
A few new editions, well worth a 👀 look
We would like to take this opportunity to thank County Councillor Sam Zair for financing the new direction sign.
This is another stepping stone for our towns project.
Was one of your family members in the 6th DLI in WWI?
Come and have a look at our latest permanent display which pays tribute to the men and officers of our local area who didn't make it home.
With thanks to Kevin Richardson.
The Durham Light Infantry exhibition is now open.
The exhibition focuses on 7 Hero’s from World War 1.
Thanks again to Kevin Richardson for his help.
We hope you enjoy your visit.
The New DLI Exhibition will open on the 22nd October which will include 18 new story boards
Thanks to Kevin Richardson for his help.
H Everyone
Just a quick update to let you all know that a few changes will be happening over the next few weeks.
The Doggarts display boards and the 2505 air cadets exhibition will close on 13th October.
Late in October a new DLI exhibition focusing on 7 local hero’s will open and another new exhibition will open in November.
We will keep everyone posted
Another lovely donation received which will be on display soon, Thankyou
As a mark of respect for Queen Elizabeth II the museum will be closed on Monday 19th September.
Come and look at our new display about the Bowes family of the Town Head and Bondgate areas of Bishop Auckland.
Thanks to Gillian Carney for allowing us to display her Great Grandmother's tea set.
Hello
We are trying to get in contact with a M Plumb regarding a donation to the museum.
If you could drop us a message at your convenience
Thanks
BAPM
We are delighted that our new interpretation board is now in place at the station bridge, we would like to thank Sam Zair cafe who kindly covered the cost of the Board been made 👌
We will be taking part in the Heritage open days again this year which means visitors will enjoy free entry from the 9th to 18th September.
We hope you enjoy your visit
https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event/peoples-museum2
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Our new tv is up and running!
Thankyou to mark Jepp and Majestic bingo for donating our new 42 inch Philips Tv and
Thankyou to Dale Daniel for putting together a complimentary set of photos / videos with great music .
We hope all our visitors enjoy this.
We would like to welcome Mark Jepp and Neil Adamson to the museum’s committee, we very much look forward to working alongside them.
Today is International Dog Day.
Look at this picture of Nipper, a terrier from Bristol, born in 1884 who served as a model for an 1898 painting by Francis Barraud titled
HIS MASTER'S VOICE
Hi Everyone
We are looking to open a club starting weekly on the 13 th September from 6.00 to 7.30 pm at the Museum, members will be able to touch and pick up a variety of artefacts and discuss the social history of the pieces , share stories and watch short videos from years gone by.
This club would be very suitable for those who live with dementia and their carers who enjoy reminiscing, sharing stories and handling objects from the past to stimulate memories
Anyone wishing to join could you please get in touch
Thankyou
We would like to thank Geoff and Jenny Barber for their generous donation to the museum today.
It’s very much appreciated
Thankyou to Kevin Longstaff for his donation of his late Fathers Glass slide projector and screen.
A lovely piece of history from the 1960’s.
Thankyou to some of our volunteer’s who have been down today and changed some exhibits
Well done 2505👌
Any Robbie Williams fans out there?
Why not come to the Hippodrome on the 18th June for Bishop Auckland’s Big night,
For more information call the Hippodrome on 01388 602121
We would like to thank all of our supporters and volunteers that help to maintain our towns small award winning museum all year round.
Thank you to Lifestyle Printing for the design and production of our flyers.
Thankyou to Majestic Bingo for securing and delivery of these items for our Museum.
They are two lamp holders from kaylee projectors that date to the late 1930’s.
We are very interested in acquiring any cinema memorabilia for our future plans.
If you would like to donate any items please get in touch.
The Durham Environmental awards where held last night,
We are delighted to announce Bishop Auckland People’s Museum won the Community Partnership category.
We were Highly Commended in Places & Spaces and Highly Commended in the Volunteer group category.
A very good evening for our organisation and a great night for Bishop Auckland, we are very proud to bring these awards to our town.
27 Railway Street
Bishop Auckland
DL147LR
| Monday | 5pm - 10pm |
| Tuesday | 10:30am - 2pm |
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| Wednesday | 10:30am - 2pm |
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| Thursday | 10:30am - 2pm |
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| Friday | 10:30am - 2pm |
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| Saturday | 10:30am - 2pm |
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| Sunday | 5pm - 10pm |
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