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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


  • Rocks by Rail Annual General Meeting 2023

    Notice  of Annual General Meeting of Rutland Railway Museum Ltd You are hereby invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of Rutland Railway Museum, which will take place on Saturday 15 April 2023 in the Sundew Cafe, Rocks by Rail, commencing at 14.30. The Trustee Board and volunteer Management Committee will present a report about…

  • Local Ironstone Quarry closure anniversaries again feature in the museum’s events for 2023

    Fifty years ago the excavation of ironstone for the manufacture of iron and steel came to an end at Rutland’s last ironstone quarry at Exton Park. Quarrying for ironstone started in 1882 near Cottesmore and the last train load of ironstone left the County in May 1973. A new exhibition will cover the history of…

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