facebooktwitterpinterest
mobil menu

Steam Museum

  1. Swindon
  2. Fairford Museum

Reviews, get directions and contact details for Steam Museum

Steam Museum

About

STEAM tells the fascinating story of the world-famous Great Western Railway. A beautifully restored Grade II railway building, the Museum is just two minutes' walk from the Swindon Designer Outlet.

Family trails, activities and events all year round!

Story

STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway is housed in a beautifully restored Grade II railway building in the heart of the former Swindon railway works.

The Museum tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and travelled on the Great Western Railway - a railway network that, through the pioneering vision and genius of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was regarded as the most advanced in the world.

Address: Fire Fly Ave, Swindon SN2 2TA, UK
Phone: 01793 466646
ku.vog.nodniws@muesummaets
State: Swindon
City: Swindon
Zip Code: SN2 2TA

opening times

Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Update Info

related searches: Steam museum swindon tickets, Steam museum swindon opening times, Steam museum swindon prices, Steam engine Museum uk, Steam Museum London, Where is the steam train museum, Steam Museum near me, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
Similar places near
Cricklade Museum Cricklade Museum 10 km
Corinium Museum Corinium Museum 21 km The award winning Corinium Museum is the must-see visitor attraction of the Cotswolds...
Swinford Museum Swinford Museum 22 km Small local museum, worth a visit if you are in the area.
Reviews
A fantastic musuem with a great collection. The story telling and education is certainly well thought through, delivered in multiple ways for a wide audience. But what's better still is a visit during one of the many great events held here.nOur favourite is the Great Westen Brick Show, put on by Brickish a LEGO User Group. This fills the entire museum with incredible LEGO models that sit alongside the already impresive artefacts. Well worth a visit.
If you like Trains then it’s already obvious that you have to come here. But for everybody else, there’s a surprising amount also. There’s a lot of great stories about the different types of people that were required to build a site and build all of these locomotives.nnThere’s quite a lot of work that went into picking out the route and building the railroad itself before even they got around to building the steam engines and the cars.nnI didn’t realize that there was a large effort on marketing to drive tourism using the rails, but there’s a good explanation of all that as well. It’s all well laid out and there’s very friendly people to explain stuff. It’s a good visit.
Had about an hour to spare in the area so thought i’d pay a visit. Wish I had more time as there’s a treasure trove of stuff to discover. Really extensive immersive displays, videos and collections. I was impressed, but it was a shame to see very few other visitors on a Friday afternoon. Some of the staff on the ticket desk could perhaps be more friendly, but others were great.
I'm staying at Warner's littlecoats and looked on Google what to do in the area and came across the steam museum. I thought it's just something to do to pass time. However it was Amazing. Very interesting and also interactive and informative. I thoroughly enjoyed myself
Great museum with really good first person video accounts from people who worked there building trains.nLots of interactives suitable for a range of ages and everything really well displayed.nEasy parking in the shopping centre car park and lots of public EV charging there.nGood place to stop off if you are on route to or from the west or wales as it’s easy to divert off the motorway.
Comment on this business

Steam Museum map

to add Steam Museum map to your website;



Copyright 2025 | All rights reserved.

You can use our top contact for adding and editing your business's contact details.
0.003 Loaded in seconds

We use cookies

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our website, to show you personalized content and targeted ads, to analyze our website traffic, and to understand where our visitors are coming from. Privacy Policy