Beamish Museum will close its doors on Friday due to the coronavirus outbreak.
All events due to take place at the open-air museum, near Stanley, next month have been postponed, with new dates to be announced in the future.
In a post of Facebook, it states: “The health and wellbeing of our visitors, staff and volunteers remains, as always, our number one priority.
“The museum is expected to be closed until at least May 1 but we will be continuing to monitor all Government advice and will keep this under review.
“Our forthcoming Great North Steam Fair and Horses at Work events, which were due to take place next month, will be postponed. We will be announcing new dates for these in due course. Full details of changes to our events and activities programme will be updated on our website and social media.
“We thank you all for your understanding during these difficult and unprecedented times for everyone.”
