Northumberland Haunted Museum set to open in Amble venue this June
A paranormal investigator has secured a venue for Northumberland’s first haunted museum.
Founded by Michele Marie Liddle, Northumberland Haunted Museum will open on June 15 at 38 Queen Street in Amble.
The museum will operate as a community interest company (CIC), focusing on the eerie past of Northumberland, keeping historic folklore alive and displaying haunted artefacts.
Back in February, Michelle – who is a paranormal investigator, author and podcaster – set up a Crowdfunder to try and bring her idea for the museum to life.
"The response has been absolutely incredible. Everyone seems really supportive of it,” Michelle said.
"When I started this idea, I thought everyone's going to think I'm an absolute nutter so it has really surprised me.
“I think the fact that it's based more on the folklore and history side rather than a scare attraction type of thing has got people interested. People love going to places and learning about the history of places."
The museum will be made up of a number of themed rooms including a folklore and haunted library area, a Victorian children’s room, a Victorian séance room, a witchcraft room, a mirror scrying room and a basement where paranormal investigation events will take place.
"We've been collecting all different books about haunted places of Northumberland, spirits, mediumship, witchcraft and all those different weird books that you don't necessarily see in a local bookshop or library,” Michelle added.
“The paranormal community have also been really supportive. We've been given some artefacts from other paranormal investigators and mediums. They're things that we can investigate and see what's going on with them."
Because the museum is a CIC, the space will be completely free to enter and will host historic workshops and events for local schools.
Although the upstairs of the museum isn’t wheelchair accessible, Michele will bring workshops into the community and live-stream events so that nobody misses out.
"Because we want to try and make everything as inclusive as possible, we're going to do pop-up events in community centres which will be wheelchair friendly,” she added.
“We're going to make our best effort to include everyone.”