The Beamish Museum Prepares To Re-open Its Doors To The Public

STANLEY, ENGLAND - JULY 22: Museum staff member David Watchman speaks with Mining Life Team Leader Jeanette Gales in the pit village at Beamish Museum as it prepares to re-open to the public on July 22, 2020 in Stanley, England. The Museum will re-open to the public on July 23 following the reduction of Coronavirus restrictions. Visitors must pre-book a time slot to visit the museum and a range of social distancing and protective measures have been put in place ahead of re-opening. Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, in County Durham. The museum's aim is to preserve an example of everyday life in urban and rural North East England at the climax of industrialisation in the early 20th century. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)