The village of Eyam lost 260 people to plague in the 1660s - but thousands more in neighbouring settlements were saved by the villagers' remarkable decision to cut themselves off from the outside ...

With the current pandemic throwing spotlight on this small corner of rural Britain, a museum run by local people is charting the incredible story of Eyam.

For a more through dive into the village's past, Eyam museum located towards the outskirts of the village shares its tales, the impact of the plague, wider social history and industrial heritage.

The Eyam Museum is full of tales about the horrors that befell the village over the course of 14 months. The bubonic plague is thought to have arrived from London in a tailor’s package.

Eyam Museum with the ‘plague’ rat on the weather vane. The Eyam village museum is a popular and major tourist attraction for visitors to Derbyshire ...

And the Eyam Museum offers tourists an opportunity to learn all about the village and the important role that it played in the management of what was a devastating epidemic.

Eyam Museum Services were held in the open air at Cucklet Delf and families stood apart from each other to avoid the spread of infection Cucklet Delf is a short walk from the village centre ...