Bus driver Terry Pinnegar at Beamish Museum. Picture: STUART BOULTON
BEAMISH museum, Locomotion and Tyne & Wear Archives are amongst the North-East attractions welcoming people back as art galleries and museums reopen this May.
Many museums and galleries around County Durham, Teesside and the wider North-East have not announced plans to reopen, with confirmation that Step 3 of the roadmap out of lockdown is going ahead coming just last night.
But those preempting the green light to swing doors open and welcome back customers will be doing so from next week.
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has announced staggered reopening dates for its venues, with Laing Art Gallery and Great North Museum: Hancock, both in Newcastle, opening on May 17.