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Rhiannon Hiles
Rhiannon Hiles – Keeper of Interpretation at Beamish
Rhiannon has lived in North East England most of her life and was brought up on a small holding where she was lucky enough to spend time riding ponies and exploring the countryside.
Her love of social history stems from many family days out to castles, houses and museums of the region and after studying architecture and design at University she pursued a career in Museums and came to Beamish to gain experience for a Masters Degree in Museum Studies, at Newcastle University.
Her passion for interpreting the historic aspects of the region’s social and industrial past is constantly fuelled by working at Beamish and she relishes the challenges there.
She ensures the whole experience for visitors, from the demonstrators’ costumes to the period shop window displays, is authentic in every detail.
Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum
Beamish is one of the region’s leading tourist attractions, vividly recreating life in North East England in the early 1800s and 1900s. Buildings from throughout the region have been brought to Beamish, rebuilt and furnished as they once were and costumed staff welcome visitors and demonstrate the past way of life.
More than 320,000 visitors each year step into the past, to visit The 1913 Town, complete with shops, houses, working pub and magnificent Masonic Hall. Just a tram ride away is The Colliery Village where guided tours are given underground at a real drift mine and the row of pit cottages, Methodist chapel and village school show how the miner and their families lived.
At Home Farm, once the model farm of the Beamish estate, traditional breeds of livestock and poultry fill the farmyard and in the welcoming farmhouse kitchen the farmer’s wife goes about her daily chores.
Pockerley Manor illustrates the life of a yeoman farming family in the early 1800s. Visitors explore the small Manor House and stroll through the beautiful terraced gardens. In the Georgian landscape surrounding the Manor, there’s the opportunity to experience the early days of steam with a ride on the amazing steam train at Pockerley Waggonway.
For more information, visit www.beamish.org.uk