National Railway Museum

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The National Railway Museum is a major British museum in York dedicated to the history and heritage of rail transport, featuring historic locomotives, rolling stock, and railway artifacts.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Museum of British Railways 0 1
National Railway Museum Shildon 0 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national museum
railway museum
transport museum
adjacentTo York railway station
collectionSize over 100 locomotives and nearly 200 items of rolling stock
coordinates 53.960°N 1.097°W
country United Kingdom
dedicatedTo history of rail transport in Great Britain
railway heritage
formerName National Railway Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Museum of British Railways
freeAdmission true
hasAward European Museum of the Year Award 2001
hasCollection historic locomotives
railway archives
railway artifacts
railway photographs
railway posters
railway signalling equipment
rolling stock
hasEducationalProgram schools and family learning activities
hasExhibit Flying Scotsman (periodically)
Japanese Shinkansen Series 0 car
Mallard
Stephenson's Rocket
surface form: Stephenson's Rocket (replica)

LMS Princess Royal Class
surface form: locomotive Duchess of Hamilton
hasPart Great Hall
South Yard
Station Hall
hasResearchFacility Search Engine library and archive centre
hasWebsite https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/
heritageDesignation Memory of the World Programme
surface form: UNESCO Memory of the World (for some collections)
inception 1975
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn England
North Yorkshire
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London
location York
opened 1975
operatedBy Science Museum Group
ownedBy Science Museum Group
partOf Science Museum Group
railwayFocus British railway network
surface form: British railways

international rail transport history
subjectOf railway history exhibitions
theme history of railways and rail transport
visitorAttraction major tourist attraction in York

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Locomotion formerName National Railway Museum
this entity surface form: National Railway Museum Shildon
National Railway Museum formerName National Railway Museum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Museum of British Railways
York hasLandmark National Railway Museum
City of York hasMajorLandmark National Railway Museum
York hasMuseum National Railway Museum
Science Museum Group hasPart National Railway Museum
SMG hasPart National Railway Museum
subject surface form: Science Museum Group
SMG manages National Railway Museum
subject surface form: Science Museum Group
York railway station near National Railway Museum
Locomotion sisterMuseum National Railway Museum