Frank Atkinson (museum director)

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    "Frank Atkinson CBE (13 April 1924 – 30 December 2014) was a British museum director and curator. Atkinson is best known for creating the Beamish Museum near Stanley, County Durham, an open-air 'living' museum on the history of the north of England with a focus on the changes brought to both urban and rural life by the industrialisation of the early 20th century...."
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    Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Atkinson_(museum_director)
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    Added by: Simon Cotterill
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