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Step 3: select the appropriate payment - bottom of this page - to complete your payment for membership (through our FNRM shop)
Opening times: Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 09.00 - 15.30
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FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM HELPING TO PRESERVE
BRITAIN'S RAILWAY HERITAGE
Welcome to Friends of the National Railway Museum. Friends is an independent charity established in 1977 to support the National Railway Museum. We have raised £1.8m to date in support of the museum in funding, restorations, exhibits & acquisitions of new artefacts. We also support & promote research & educational projects relating to the history & development of railways.
LOCOMOTION
SHILDON
Get up close to incredible engineering feats in Shildon - the world's first railway town
Visit Locomotion
MEMBERSHIP
If you have any questions about joining or about your membership application, please email:
nrm.friends@sciencemuseum.ac.uk
With Vision 2025 on the horizon there has never been a better time to join us.
Find out more here
NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM
Welcome back to the vast halls of giant locomotives. Please book your free admission ticket before visiting here
"The Friends of the National Railway Museum are part of the lifeblood of our museum. Since 1977 they have championed and supported the work of the museum, from funding the restoration of internationally important locomotives, to helping to acquire historical objects that might otherwise be lost. Friends’ contributions can be seen and enjoyed throughout our museum, but they are also a big part of supporting our future vision, to transform our museums and to engage future generations with the wonder of engineering on the railways and beyond".
Judith McNicol, Director National Railway Museum
Big Family Summer Day Out
The National Railway Museum scientific summer activities are bursting with fun - just the ticket for the summer holidays.
Every day they have free activities to amaze and inspire the kids. Join them for storytelling adventures, interactive demonstrations plus miniature railway rides and awe-inspiring locos.
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HOLIDAY PROGRAMME
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DATE: 23 July – 4 September 2022
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TIME: Museum: 10.00–17.00
Activities: 11.00–15.00 -
PRICE: Activities are free unless otherwise stated
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About Friends of the National Railway Museum
Friends was formed in 1977 to support the National Railway Museum. We help to fund the restoration of exhibits in the National Collection, the acquisition of new artefacts, and other projects that would otherwise not be possible
Benefits of becoming a member of the Friends of the NRM
Opportunities to travel, on steam specials all over the country (eg Flying Scotsman) with our on-board shopping trolley
Discounts in the Museum’s shops, restaurants and car park
Friends of the NRM support and promote research and educational projects relating to the history and development of railways
Friends of the NRM have raised £1.8 million for the museum. Find out more here
Annual trips to overseas railway museums and railway-related attractions
A quarterly magazine, NRM Review, which carries information relating to the Museum and articles on a variety of railway topics (with a supplement, Half Fare, for younger members)
About the National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum in York has the largest collection of railway objects in the world and attracts more than 700,000 visitors per year
The National Railway Museum forms part of the Science Museum Group, along with the Science Museum in London, the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford and Locomotion in Shildon
The collection includes over 260 locomotives and rolling stock, 600 coins and medals as well as railway uniform and costume, equipment, documents, records, artwork and photographs
The National Railway Museum’s vast art collection comprises over 11,000 posters, 2,300 prints and drawings, 1,000 paintings, and 1,750,000 photographs
What to see at Locomotion | #STEM | Engineering For Kids
Contact Us
Enquiries of all kinds are welcome. Please use the contact form or the information provided below.
Friends office open on Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 09.00 - 15.30
E: nrm.friends@sciencemuseum.ac.uk
T: 01904 636 874
Office: Leeman Road, York YO26 4XJ
FOLLOW
© Philip Benham
Vision 2025 will transform the National Railway Museum, York, and Locomotion in Shildon. The National Railway Museum is on a six-year journey to become a global engineering powerhouse and a reinvented, inspiring 21st-century attraction.
With this investment, this transformed museums will show the cutting-edge innovations shaping our world today—alongside the extraordinary birth and growth of the railways.
By celebrating the past, present and future of railways and engineering, we will capture the hearts and minds of the next generation of engineers, innovators and thinkers.
First woman in Britain to be appointed as a train driver. In addition to her role as a driver, she fought for the rights of other women, and minorities, in the rail industry and active in The UK Train Drivers' Union
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum. Power car, Shinkansen Leading Car 22-141, 'bullet train', built by West Japan Railways, 1976, withdrawn from service in October 2000. Length 82'; width 11' 8"; height 14' 6 1/2". The Shinkansen power car 22.141 is the last to be withdrawn of the first series of cars in service.
This bullion box is from the first great train robbery. A shipment of gold was stolen from a guards’ van on a South Eastern Railway (SER) train running from London to the south coast, where it met a ferry bound for France. The crime was discovered in Paris, when bank staff realised that thieves on board the train had replaced the gold with lead shot. The bullion box is one of over 750,000 objects displayed in open storage in the NRM Warehouse
First woman in Britain to be appointed as a train driver. In addition to her role as a driver, she fought for the rights of other women, and minorities, in the rail industry and active in The UK Train Drivers' Union
