Ten of the Best: Take a Santa Special at a heritage railway this Christmas
Catching a Santa Special at a heritage railway is the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit. Here's ten of the best.
View ArticleCoventry Transport Museum to transform Old Grammar School with £4.6 million
Organisers at Coventry's popular Transport Museum say they will create a "world-class" museum and community centre after winning Heritage Lottery Fund backing.
View ArticleCycle Museum invites families to draw bikes as National Cycle Collection...
Housed in Powys' Automobile Palace, the National Cycle Collection - home to a vintage range of bikes dating as far back as 1819 - is inviting children to get drawing this month.
View ArticleGlasgow's Riverside Museum wins European Museum of the Year 2013
Glasgow's museum of transport and travel has beaten 40 rivals from across Europe to a prestigious international prize.
View ArticleManx National Heritage opens up its TT collection to Isle of Man TT visitors
Manx National Heritage is inviting TT visitors to explore its digitised TT archive, take in a special exhibition and attend screenings and talks during the Isle of Man TT fortnight.
View ArticleThe Great Gathering: Mallard and sister locos united at National Railway...
The first of thousands of visitors to the National Railway Museum in York have caught a glimpse of the iconic A4 steam locomotive Mallard, alongside all the remaining A4s.
View ArticleCulture24's guide to the best open air museums to visit during summer
Go down a hobbit hole, stroll across the Severn, visit 100 acres of Welsh parkland or imagine life in an early 19th century Irish farmhouse - the best open air museums to visit this summer.
View ArticleUnique railway signal boxes granted listed status
Twenty-six of England’s rarest signal boxes are to be preserved after being granted Grade II listed status by the Department for Culture Media and Sport.
View ArticleA4 4468 Mallard to set off on celebratory tour this September
Following the Great Gathering in York, The National Railway Museum has confirmed that Sir Nigel Gressley's famous A4 locomotive Mallard will undertake a celebratory tour of the East Coast Mainline.
View ArticleNational Railway Museum lines up spectacular free light show for Mallard's...
The National Railway Museum in York is hosting four late night events in which the Mallard and her surviving sister A4 locomotives will be bathed in a spectacular lightshow.
View ArticleMallard returns to National Railway Museum in York for the Autumn Gathering...
As Mallard returns to the National Railway Museum in York, Culture24 talks to Bob Gwynne about the enduring appeal and importance of the A4 locos.
View ArticleNational Maritime Museum Cornwall enjoys Family Friendly Awards win
Organisers say they "could not be more chuffed" as Cornwall's National Maritime Museum celebrates victory at two major award ceremonies.
View ArticleNational Railway Museum launches quest to find the nation's favourite railway...
The National Railway Museum in York is asking the public to nominate their favourite childhood railway toys ahead of a major exhibition about toys opening in spring 2015.
View ArticleGoodbye Piccadilly - the buses that went to war at London Transport Museum
London Transport Museum explores the role of buses and bus drivers during the First World War, as well as life on the home front and the social changes that took place in wartime London.
View ArticleHistoric Victorian railway arches saved in deal between English Heritage and...
A set of Grade II listed railway arches have been saved from demolition in a unique partnership between English Heritage and Network Rail.
View ArticleVictorian railway infrastructure discovered by archaeologists near London...
A 200-metre long engine shed, workshop and train turntables have been found among artefacts from Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 19th century Great Western Railway.
View ArticleDuxford Aviation Society restores Concorde's famous droop nose mechanism
Duxford Aviation Society’s newly-restored Concorde has learned how to lower its famous drooping nose once again in IWM Duxford's Airspace Hall.
View ArticleSpock-like spectre haunts Norfolk railway steam engine
A ghostly apparition resembling Star Trek's Mr Spock has been discovered in the port hole of a locomotive of the Wells Walsingham Light Railway.
View ArticleThe UK's oldest surviving yacht prepares to emerge from its subterranean home
A precious yacht which had lain undiscovered in a cellar on the Isle of Man for over a century is about to be gently craned from its subterranean home for essential conservation work.
View ArticleOf time and the railway: Robert Davies' meditative film travels across the...
Of time and the Railway, Robert Davies' meditative film about the railway line and the landscape between Birmingham and Aberystwyth, is travelling to venues across Wales and the West Midlands.
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