STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, which opened in June 2000, tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and travelled on the Great Western Railway.
The Museum celebrates the achievements not only of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the engineering genius behind the GWR, but also the many thousands of ordinary people who made the GWR one of the world’s greatest railway networks.
STEAM displays many one-of-a-kind exhibits that take the visitor back in time to a period of great technological innovation and strenuous manual labour. The result was undoubtedly the most advanced and respected railway network in the world.
At 6,500 square metres (70,000 square feet), STEAM is more than five times the size of the GWR Museum (Faringdon Road, Swindon) which it replaced.
- Over 680,000 visitors since opening.
- Over 1200 visits from school groups.
- Over 200 companies and organisations have made use of the corporate hospitality facilities.
Project Funded By:
- The Heritage Lottery Fund
- Swindon Borough Council
- Carillion Development Management
- BAA McArthurGlen (now McArthurGlen)
STEAM is a Museums, Archives and Libraries Council Registered Museum (RD988)
STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, which opened in June 2000, tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and travelled on the Great Western Railway.
The Museum celebrates the achievements not only of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the engineering genius behind the GWR, but also the many thousands of ordinary people who made the GWR one of the world’s greatest railway networks.
STEAM displays many one-of-a-kind exhibits that take the visitor back in time to a period of great technological innovation and strenuous manual labour. The result was undoubtedly the most advanced and respected railway network in the world.
At 6,500 square metres (70,000 square feet), STEAM is more than five times the size of the GWR Museum (Faringdon Road, Swindon) which it replaced.
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