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The Museum reopens on the 17th April 2025 and our events season starts on the 20 April, Easter Sunday. Keep up to date with what is happening at the Museum on our Facebook page


  • Rutland Walking Week

    Walking in Rutland – Year 3 For the third year, we organised a walk starting at the Museum to investigate and explore some of the industrial archaeology of the area, as part of Rutland Walking Week. This year a dozen participants (including one dog) took part in the eleven mile walk, which started by following…

  • Dig For Victory!

    The redevelopment of the Museum includes a number of features which will make volunteering easier and more rewarding in the future. Until now, the hard work of coaling locos has been done by hand with coal loaded from ground level by our hard working crews. Although authentic and great in theory, the reality is often…

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