PEOPLE have been invited to enjoy a cracking day out at a living heritage museum this Easter weekend.

Visitors to Beamish Museum, near Stanley, can take part in Easter celebrations from the 1820s, 1900s and 1940s, from egg decorating and rolling to bonnet making and tasty Easter treats – and there’s even the traditional game of egg “jarping”.

On Good Friday visitors can create a chalk drawing in the 1900s Pit Village school, discover the traditional fish dishes being made around the museum – and Davy’s Fried Fish Shop will be serving up delicious fish and chips cooked in a coal-fired range.

From Saturday to Monday people can make Easter bonnets in the school and create carrot lollies, rabbit finger puppets and Easter cards at The 1940s Farm. Decorate an egg in the dentist’s waiting room in The 1900s Town and join in the egg rolling in the park – will yours travel the furthest?

On Easter Sunday and Monday, at 1820s Pockerley Old Hall, there’ll also be the traditional egg jarping – a game played with hard-boiled eggs, often compared to conkers – as well as egg dyeing and decorating.

An Easter egg hunt is taking place throughout the Easter holidays, from tomorrow to April 15.

Beamish’s Easter holiday events will continue with the Great War Steam Fair, from April 5 to 8, followed by Horses at War from April 13 to 15.

Normal admission charges apply.