Open
Daily 11.00 - 15.00 with extended hours in season.
Closed
Closed Christmas Day and from 2 January - mid February except if booked in advance
Admission charges
Free admission to all
Description
The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum was started in the 1950's and the first collections were displayed by 1956. A new building was opened as part of the Wharf Station of the Talyllyn Railway in 2006. This is on the site which has been the terminus of the Talyllyn Railway since it opened in 1865. The original building survives and some of the original slate yard has been restored and can be viewed from the museum balcony.
Collections description
Over seventy railways are represented from over 200 years of narrow gauge railway development in Britain and Ireland. Locomotives, wagons, signals and many items needed to operate railways are on show. The displays feature early plateway and conventional track; a large collection of nameplates, works plates and number plates from locomotives long since scrapped and single line working devices. The slate railways of Wales feature strongly and there is also a good collection from the Isle of Man and Ireland as well as material from English railways.
General Information
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Pre-booking service for groups
Foreign language audio guide available
Parking for coaches
Collections
Specialist publications on collections available
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Public access available to collections information
Disability Access
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to all public areas
Children and Families
Baby changing facilities
General Education
Education facilities available
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Schools Education
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Facilities
Cafeteria
Library
Meeting room available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Refreshments
Research facilities for academics
Restaurant
Shop
