Rare Bronze Age find to go on show in Cumberland museum A Bronze Age gold arm ring of regional significance and national interest will soon go on show at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven. The artefact was discovered in 2019 in West Cumbria by a local detectorist and...

Mini-Golf Cumberland exhibition to open at The Beacon Museum Get your putters at the ready for the opening of a new family-friendly experience at The Beacon Museum, Whitehaven. Mini-Golf Cumberland opens in time for the start of the October half-term – this Saturday...

30 September 2023 – 7 January 2024. Celebrating all that is great about Cumberland’s local sports scene, past and present.

A NEW exhibition at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven explores the legacy of the world’s most famous ship, the Titanic. Voted one of the top five exhibitions in the UK by The Times, Titanic Honour and Glory reveals the story of the tragic liner through original...

This half-term visitors can get involved in a host of fun activities at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven. The harbourside attraction is home to the ‘Romans – Are We There Yet?’ exhibition, which runs until 1 October. Roman oil lamp making sessions will run on 28 May...

THE BEACON Museum’s successful programme of hands-on art and craft workshops continues this spring. The museum’s range of activities can provide a great opportunity to meet like-minded people, or a way for friends to relax together while creating their own work of art...

THE BEACON Museum in Whitehaven is offering a portable ‘museum in a box’ scheme to help people reminisce and find out more about the history of the area. The boxes contain museum artefacts and replica objects that people can handle and discuss. They can be taken out...