In June, the Ravenglass Railway Museum will officially open to the public after undergoing a major two-year Heritage Lottery-funded redevelopment.
The new development will see 6,000 artefacts come to life with interactive exhibitions allowing visitors to not only see the heritage steam locomotives, but to watch how they work and sit in the driving seat too.
David Rounce, museum Project and Activities Manager, says: “Over the last year we’ve worked extensively to restore the stock, much of which is over 100 years old.”
Located in the Lake District, Ravenglass Station is also home to the Ravenglass and Eskdale Stream Railway, or ‘La’al Ratty’; a seven-mile tourist attraction traveling through the Eskdale Valley.
The museum is free, and will be open when the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is running, which is every day in the summer season.
Free coach parking is available at Ravenglass, and group packages are available on request for the Ravenglass & Eskdale Steam Railway.
For details and to book, visit ravenglass-railway.co.uk, email steam@ravenglass-railway.co.uk or call 01229 717171.
