Grampian Transport Museum is a transport museum and charitable-based trust located in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its exhibits chart the history of transport in the north east of Scotland through dramatic displays, working and climb-aboard vehicle exhibits and video presentations.
Entrance to the Grampian Transport Museum1895 Craigievar Express in the Grampian Transport MuseumAndrew BarclayAberdeen Corporation Gasworks No.3 locomotive on display at the museumStanleySteam car running in the Alford Cavalcade at the Grampian Transport Museum
The museum was formed after a group of local transport enthusiasts and collectors in the early 1970s sought to develop a local transport museum. In 1978, the group held a public meeting at which, after an offer was made to lease the former goods yard to the north of the former Alford railway station, the Grampian Transport Museum Association was formed. A pilot museum was established in a local factory in 1981, and after the first annual Alford Cavalcade vintage vehicle rally held during July, a combination of local councils offered grants and subsidies to establish a permanent exhibition base. Construction work on the current building was completed in September 1982, and the museum opened in April 1983. An extension was completed in 1998, landscaping and a track added in the early 2000s, and a second building, the Collections Centre, to house larger exhibits in the 2010s. In 2016, the museum completed a new reception extension to improve the frontage of the museum and provide a warm welcome to its visitors.[1]
One of Aberdeen's hydrogen buses was gifted to the museum in 2020.[2] The museum plans to create a new outdoor exhibition which will include the bus.[3]
Exhibitionedit
Major exhibits include the world's oldest Sentinel Steam Waggon from 1914, a giant MackSnowplow and a working model of Robert Davidson's motor for electric traction. Exhibits include historic and classic automobiles, motorcycles, a double-decker bus, bicycles, steam vehicles, an electric tram, toy model vehicles, and transport memorabilia.
grampian, transport, museum, transport, museum, charitable, based, trust, located, alford, aberdeenshire, scotland, exhibits, chart, history, transport, north, east, scotland, through, dramatic, displays, working, climb, aboard, vehicle, exhibits, video, prese. Grampian Transport Museum is a transport museum and charitable based trust located in Alford Aberdeenshire Scotland Its exhibits chart the history of transport in the north east of Scotland through dramatic displays working and climb aboard vehicle exhibits and video presentations Grampian Transport MuseumEstablished1970LocationAberdeenshire ScotlandTypeTransport MuseumWebsitehttps www gtm org uk Entrance to the Grampian Transport Museum1895 Craigievar Express in the Grampian Transport MuseumAndrew Barclay Aberdeen Corporation Gasworks No 3 locomotive on display at the museumStanley Steam car running in the Alford Cavalcade at the Grampian Transport Museum Contents 1 History 2 Exhibition 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe museum was formed after a group of local transport enthusiasts and collectors in the early 1970s sought to develop a local transport museum In 1978 the group held a public meeting at which after an offer was made to lease the former goods yard to the north of the former Alford railway station the Grampian Transport Museum Association was formed A pilot museum was established in a local factory in 1981 and after the first annual Alford Cavalcade vintage vehicle rally held during July a combination of local councils offered grants and subsidies to establish a permanent exhibition base Construction work on the current building was completed in September 1982 and the museum opened in April 1983 An extension was completed in 1998 landscaping and a track added in the early 2000s and a second building the Collections Centre to house larger exhibits in the 2010s In 2016 the museum completed a new reception extension to improve the frontage of the museum and provide a warm welcome to its visitors 1 One of Aberdeen s hydrogen buses was gifted to the museum in 2020 2 The museum plans to create a new outdoor exhibition which will include the bus 3 Exhibition editMajor exhibits include the world s oldest Sentinel Steam Waggon from 1914 a giant Mack Snowplow and a working model of Robert Davidson s motor for electric traction Exhibits include historic and classic automobiles motorcycles a double decker bus bicycles steam vehicles an electric tram toy model vehicles and transport memorabilia See also editAlford Valley Railway located on an adjacent siteReferences edit Museum History Grampian Transport Museum Archived from the original on 1 May 2015 Retrieved 2 May 2015 Dougall Emily 28 January 2020 Natural end for Aberdeen hydrogen bus trial CBW Retrieved 27 January 2021 Proctor David Museum plans for new exhibition space approved Evening Express Retrieved 22 March 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grampian Transport Museum Official Website 57 14 00 N 2 42 06 W 57 2333182 N 2 701706 W 57 2333182 2 701706 nbsp This article related to Aberdeenshire Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article relating to a museum in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grampian Transport Museum amp oldid 1169458364, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
