The fashionable historical past museum, primarily based close to Outdated Malton, has pronounces its greatest 12 months but, with document customer numbers, fascinating exhibitions, and common occasions serving to to cement its standing as one in every of North Yorkshire’s most beloved points of interest inside the one remaining prisoner of struggle camp in Britain.

This landmark 12 months noticed Eden Camp welcome over 125,000 guests, surpassing all earlier attendance information. Highlights of 2024 included an expanded programme of experiences and the return of occasions such because the Dwelling Historical past Weekend, when guests have been transported again in time with re-enactors, fascinating shows, dwell demonstrations, partaking talks, and quite a lot of actions.

October noticed the launch of the brand-new Again to the Nineteen Forties occasion, the place over 2,500 individuals joined the trendy historical past museum for 2 motion packed immersive days of leisure, shows and experiences from the wartime period.

The annual All Companies Parade throughout September introduced collectively a whole lot of veterans, army associations and organisations from throughout the UK for a day of remembrance, respect, and celebration of service.

As a well-liked vacation spot for college journeys, Eden Camp welcomed 23,000 key stage 1 pupils this 12 months, displaying how the museum helps training in an immersive means, whereas preserving the tales that formed our world.

Eden Camp is already making ready for an action-packed 2025, with plans to construct on its 2024 success:

• February Half-Time period particular opening – Fifteenth-Twenty third February

• Season opening – twenty ninth March

• Dwelling Historical past Weekends – Nineteenth-Twentieth April and Twenty third-Twenty fourth August

• Again to the Nineteen Forties – eleventh & twelfth October

Paula Peace, Managing Director of Eden Camp mentioned: “2024 has been a unprecedented 12 months for Eden Camp. The overwhelming response to our exhibitions and occasions, together with the return of beloved favourites our Dwelling Historical past Weekend, and the success of latest occasions just like the Again to the Nineteen Forties weekend has been actually inspiring. We’re honoured to have welcomed a document variety of guests this 12 months, every one serving to us have a good time and protect the tales of the previous. As we sit up for 2025, we’re excited to construct on this momentum with much more immersive experiences and alternatives for individuals to attach with historical past in significant methods.”

To be taught extra about Eden Camp Fashionable Historical past Museum, go to www.edencamp.co.uk