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National Railway Museum

This article is about the British National Railway Museum. For other uses, see National Railway Museum (disambiguation).

National Railway Museum
National Railway Museum is located in North Yorkshire
National Railway Museum
Location within North Yorkshire
Established1975 (1975)
LocationLeeman Road, York, England
Coordinates53°57′35″N 1°05′52″W / 53.95980°N 1.09771°W / 53.95980; -1.09771
TypeRailway museum
Visitors714,379 (2019)[1]
DirectorJudith McNicol
Websitewww.railwaymuseum.org.uk
Science Museum Group

The National Railway Museum (NRM) is a museum in York, England, forming part of the Science Museum Group. The museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It is the home of the national collection of historically significant railway vehicles such as Mallard, Stirling Single, Duchess of Hamilton and a Japanese bullet train. In addition, the National Railway Museum holds a diverse collection of other objects, from a household recipe book used in George Stephenson's house to film showing a "never-stop railway" developed for the British Empire Exhibition. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001.

Starting in 2019, a major site development was underway.[2] As part of the York Central redevelopment which will divert Leeman Road, the National Railway Museum will be building a new entrance building to connect the two separate parts of the museum together. At the same time, the space around the museum was to be landscaped to provide public spaces.[3]

In 2020, architectural practice Feilden Fowles won an international competition to create the museum's new £16.5 million Central Hall building—a key element of the museum's Vision 2025 masterplan.[4][5] In January 2023, the museum's Station Hall (a Grade II listed "former goods station built between 1875–77") was closed for an estimated 18 months for "urgent structural repair" which was to include the installation of a new roof over that area.[6]

  1. ^ "ALVA – Association of Leading Visitor Attractions". www.alva.org.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. ^ "York Central and our future vision". National Railway Museum. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Major developments at York Central". City of York Council. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Sustainability at heart of National Railway Museum's vision for £16.5M Central Hall" (Press release). National Railway Museum. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ^ Laycock, Mike (26 March 2020). "National Railway Museum's new Central Hall winning design chosen". The Press. Newsquest Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. ^ "NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM'S STATION HALL TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY FOR £10.5M REFURBISHMENT" (Press release). Railway Museum. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

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