| National Railway Museum at Shildon Posted by grahame at 06:40, 22nd October 2024 |      |
20 years after opening to the public on 22nd October 2004, a thread on the National Railway Museum at Shildon. We have several mentions across the Coffee Shop over the years, but when it popped up "on the day", no specific thread on the museum in general. To start you - from the Museums Association
The Science Museum Group (SMG) has opened an £8m building to house its collections at Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham.
The New Hall development is part of a wider £95m masterplan project across Locomotion and the National Railway Museum in York, which is also run by SMG. Both venues are benefiting from new spaces and conservation work on their collections.
The new building at Shildon is the museum’s most significant regeneration project since it opened 20 years ago, making it the largest undercover collection of historic rail vehicles anywhere in Europe.
More than 100 vehicles are now on display, celebrating the role of Shildon as the world’s first railway town.
The New Hall development is part of a wider £95m masterplan project across Locomotion and the National Railway Museum in York, which is also run by SMG. Both venues are benefiting from new spaces and conservation work on their collections.
The new building at Shildon is the museum’s most significant regeneration project since it opened 20 years ago, making it the largest undercover collection of historic rail vehicles anywhere in Europe.
More than 100 vehicles are now on display, celebrating the role of Shildon as the world’s first railway town.
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| Re: National Railway Museum at Shildon Posted by stuving at 09:44, 22nd October 2024 | |
20 years after opening to the public on 22nd October 2004, a thread on the National Railway Museum at Shildon. We have several mentions across the Coffee Shop over the years, but when it popped up "on the day", no specific thread on the museum in general.
The new building at Shildon was included in the thread about the "Vision 2025 masterplan" programme, but being relatively uncontroversial there was less said about it than the bit at York.
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=24394.msg299049#msg299049
