Head of Locomotion Sarah Price looks ahead to 2025, which marks 200 years of railway passenger travel.
Our curators and programmers reveal the ideas behind the museum’s varied programme of events and exhibitions which take a closer look at railways past, present and future.
By Wonderlab Curatorial Team
The one where you find out how we are working to make Wonderlab open for all
Find out how accessibility has been factored into the design of our new interactive gallery.
Sophie Vohra highlights the significance of Flying Scotsman’s 100th birthday and shares details of our Centenary Programme.
Sophie Vohra provides an update on this project, which now includes an exhibition in Search Engine until 25 March 2023.
By James Philpott
Christmas at the National Railway Museum 2022: What will the railways of the future look like?
Senior Explainer James shares a bundle of visitors’ visions of future rail travel.
Another update from Law on the joy of prototyping, and how visitors have got involved.
By Oliver Hastings, Robert Buttiglieri and Samuel Willmot
Chronicles from the Commonwealth: British royal rail tours of Australia
In line with Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee, three of our placement students from Macquarie University, Sydney, have looked into British royal tours in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Here are some of the fascinating stories they unearthed.
As we head into the festive season, model railways are as popular as ever—and a particular locomotive has caught senior curator Anthony’s eye.
Mick from ICT reveals a family passion for railways big and small.
Team Hyped’s journey from the UK’s first Hyperloop pod prototype to the mk3 version named after a certain locomotive.
We hear a lot about Science Capital these days. What is it, and what does our Testing exhibition have to do with it?
Today is the sixth #MuseumSelfieDay, a day when Twitter users from across the world share pictures of themselves snapped in museums and galleries.