We’re currently utilising Ripley Library’s community display case to showcase a selection of items from our collection. It’s a great opportunity to get objects out on display outside the museum to provide interest, whilst hopefully also encouraging people to visit....
On Monday 15th May there will be a photo opportunity at Crich Tramway Village, home to the National Tramway Museum, when two trams will be available to photograph together, representing bookends for the beginning and end of electric tramway operations by London County...
On the morning of 23rd April 2023, a carefully planned tramcar swap took place. Leeds 602 was moved out of the Exhibition Hall and replaced with Blackpool 762 from the depot. The movement was in preparation for our upcoming Coronation celebration event in May, when...
A Model Tram and Bus Exhibition will take place at Crich Tramway Village on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th August 2023. A total of 8 layouts will be present at the Exhibition which will include a new 51/4-inch gauge demonstration layout, built at the Museum, for the...
Crich Tramway Village workshop team have been busy working on the vintage tram collection, in order to add to the fleet operating during the 2023 season. Blackpool balcony 40 has had a lift and overhaul, while Newcastle 102, Blackpool 166 and London County Council 106...
Crich Tramway Village workshop staff and volunteers are delighted with the investment into new machinery which will help save time and money, through being able to complete woodwork projects in-house. The Tramcar Sponsorship Organisation (TSO) and the London County...
Derbyshire is preparing for the arrival of a thought-provoking anti-violence monument as it begins its county-wide tour this weekend. Originally created for Manchester, the 11ft tall monument was created using various weapons, including knives and firearms, seized...
Our Victorian horse cabmen’s shelter has recently been restored through an Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant, along with support from the Association for Industrial Archaeology and The Pilgrim Trust. We’re very happy to have preserved this fascinating piece...
Engineering conservationist, Ray Hooley, who rescued what is now the world’s oldest working excavator from a watery grave, has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award. It was awarded to Ray, now 94, by the National Transport Trust for his role in...
150 years ago today, on 19th August 1872, Glasgow’s first horse-drawn tramway began to operate. Its first line ran from St. George’s Cross to Eglinton Toll, via New City Road and Jamaica Bridge. The tramway was operated by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company and...
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.