Visited Ryedale Folk Museum and Beamish Living History Museum on Thursday and Friday of last week. The main attraction was the Georgian Fair at Beamish but I stopped off at Ryedale on the North Yorkshire Moors to see what was on offer. Very interesting but there was no direct connection with my project although the visit did give me one or two ideas to pursue.
At Beamish the weather was poor with a fair amount of rain but this did not dampen the re-enactor's spirits. Although there was less activity than I anticipated there was sufficient to make the visit worthwhile. Also had a chance to talk to a couple of the staff about how they got involved in re-enactment and so garnered some additional thoughts on the underlying theme to the major project. There was also the added bonus of most if not all of the volunteers were dressed in appropriate costume for the part of the museum in which they were located. In the end the visit was worthwhile and added to my store of knowledge and understanding.
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