Platinum Jubilee Holiday Category: Half term 28 May – 5 June 2022 Celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee with our special May half-term family activities and a new exhibition all about the royals’ love of train travel. Half term
Royals on Rails Category: Exhibition 27 May – 4 September 2022 Explore the British royals' love of railway travel—a special relationship that produced fascinating bespoke trains. New
Innovation Platform: Expert Tours Category: Tour Saturday 18 June 2022 Join experts at the National Railway Museum to discover the ways emerging ideas are transforming our future railways and learn more about driverless public transport. New
Build a locomotive Category: Event 30 May – 4 June 2022 Build your very own LEGO steam locomotive that you can take home in this fun making activity. Book now
Miniature Railway Category: Ride Temporarily closed Climb aboard and experience the railways in small scale on our fantastic miniature railway ride.
Sound Tracks Category: Trail Open Discover surprising stories from the museum’s past as a bustling railway works with our atmospheric new audio trail.
Mallard Experience Category: Ride Open Experience the thrill of riding on the footplate of the world’s fastest steam locomotive in our exhilarating simulator ride.
Railway Heroes Category: Online exhibition A collection of interviews with railway workers who have helped get key workers to and from their jobs and given back to their communities—and country—during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mallard: The world's fastest steam locomotive Category: Star object On display now This powerful, aerodynamic masterpiece rocketed to 126mph in 1938, a steam speed record that was never surpassed.
Rocket Category: Star object On display now This is the original Rocket—George and Robert Stephenson's world-changing locomotive which kick-started a golden era of innovation.
InterCity 125: Sir Kenneth Grange Category: Star object On display Named after its legendary designer, this 'flying banana' is a beautifully preserved example of the High Speed Train which blazed a trail in 1976.
Shinkansen: High-speed revolution Category: Star object On display Take a look at our first-generation 1960s bullet train, which led a revolution in high-speed train travel. Now open
Road Train Category: Ride Arrive in style by taking our quick, convenient road train between the museum and the Minster.
Outdoor play area Category: Activity Open Amp up the G-force and conquer gravity in our outdoor play area.
Play area Category: Activity Open Budding engineers and train drivers can explore and experiment in our play area for under-6s. New
Signalling demonstration Category: Demonstration See page for details Find out how railway signals work and see our historic model layout in action with our award-winning volunteers.