The National Tramway Museum, in Crich Derbyshire has been awarded a grant of £74,500 from AIM Biffa Award for a new permanent exhibition ‘Holroyd Smith – Electrifying the Future’. The History Makers scheme funds museums to create new exhibitions that will inspire the...
Crich Tramway Village was featured on the BBC programme, Antiques Road Trip on January 25th. The focus of the programme was on how women worked on the trams during the First World War, when many of the men were away fighting for their country, which is the subject of...
It has been a little while since our last update on progress with our Depot refurbishment project, but there has been lots going on and the New Year especially, has seen major progress inside the building. When we last updated you we’d just moved the trams back in...
A busy day on the 25th November, saw progress with our winter programme of work. Read on for more details…
Soon after closure of Crich Tramway Village for the winter,the new insulated panels for the depot roof were delivered. Much to the delight of our Curator, Laura Waters who is eager that the project to protect our tramcar collection should proceed quickly. Contractors...
With Depot 2 cleared for the first stage of the Depot Refurbishment programme (for which we are still seeking donations) another improvement project could be started. When the first electric trams started operating at Crich in 1964, the power supply was via a rotary...
Our Curatorial Assistant Hannah, shares an insight into the work we’ve been doing this year with the Archives Newspaper Collection.
Since our last update, we’ve been working hard to get all our plans in place, so that as soon as the doors close on our 2017 season, we can get straight into our depot refurbishment project, which is going to keep us busy this winter. Bailey Construction have been...
Just a week after being the star attraction of our Tram Day event Bournemouth 85 was on the move again. Members of our Workshop team were hard at work as they spent Saturday 23rd September moving 85 into its new permanent display location in the exhibition hall., The...
A new addition to the Designated Collection of tramcars at Crich Tramway Village has been welcomed from Christchurch, Dorset. The Science Museum Group has transfered ownership of Bournemouth 85 to the National Tramway Museum at Crich Tramway Village. Former custodians...
Crich Tramway Village is a brand name for the National Tramway Museum (Accredited with Arts Council England), solely owned and operated by The Tramway Museum Society, incorporated in England with liability by guarantee (no. 744229). Registered charity number 313615. Our ICO number is Z6700136.