What's on

Family activities

Animals and the Railways

Join us for family fun this May half term

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25 May 2013 - 02 Jun 2013

Family activities

Storytelling

Help our Explainers tell stories about special train journeys leaving London and heading north.

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Weekends and school holidays

Family activities

Simulator

Shake and stir your senses with a thrilling ride on the simulator.

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All year round

• Family activities

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    • Animals and the Railways

    25 May 2013 - 02 Jun 2013

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    • Storytelling

    Weekends and school holidays

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    • Halloween ghost train

    26 Oct 2013 - 03 Nov 2013

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    • Road Train

    Dates vary

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    • First Steps

    Term time weekdays

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    • Science shows

    Weekends and school holidays

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    • Miniature Railway

    Daily

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    • Outdoor play area

    Daily

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    • Restaurant and café

    All year round

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    • Simulator

    All year round
• Exhibitions

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    • Beeching: 50 years on - art gallery exhibition

    22 Mar 2013 - 16 Jun 2013

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    • The Flying Scotsman Story

    All year round
• Talks and tours

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    • Mallard 75 curator talks

    Various dates in July

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    • Station Hall tour

    Weekdays only

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    • Turntable talk and demo

    Daily

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    • Get into a loco carriage or cab
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    • How a steam engine works

    Daily

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    • Shinkansen talk

    Termtime daily

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    • Signalling demo
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    • Warehouse tour

    Term time daily

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    • Winding engine demo

    Termtime daily

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    • Workshop roundup

    Daily
• Events

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    • Beeching: 50 years on

    25 Feb 2013 - 31 Dec 2013

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    • Railways change lives

    7, 14 September 2013

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    • Latest locomotive moves
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    • Mallard 75

    2013
• Museum Areas

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    • Great Hall
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    • Warehouse
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    • Station Hall
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    • Learning Platform
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    • The Works
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    • Search Engine
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    • Outdoor play area
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    • South Yard
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    • Simulator
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    • Art Gallery
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    • Restaurant and café