Good Museums. - Page 8

WHITLEYMAN · 12-11-2007, 11:35 PM

great shots,thanks owen d. do you know if an armstrong whitworth whitley survives intact anywhere?

Bodston · 12-04-2008, 11:26 AM

I've just discovered while googling that the Science museum has a large object storage facility at some disused airfield near Swindon. I can't seem to find any opening times however. Does anyone know if it is open to the public. It looks like an interesting day out.

Owen · 12-04-2008, 11:34 AM

Bod.
Yup, Wrougton is often open to the public.
Give them a ring as they usual open in school summer holidays.
I've been up there many a time.

Science Museum - Wroughton

Science Museum Swindon - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage

They've got some great old tractors , buses , lorries as well as the planes.

von Poop · 12-04-2008, 11:36 AM

My old man says Wroughton's good Bod (lot of firefighting gear, which you'd no doubt like). We intend to visit this year sometime. I don't think it's yet open on a regular basis (??), and functions via an 'open day' system or just calling up to arrange being let in.
:
Science Museum - About us - Science Museum Swindon
BBC - Wiltshire Days Out - Science Museum Wroughton Open Day
Science Museum - Wroughton
Sure we had a bit on here about them sorting lottery funding to enable proper opening/display. That might be bound up with why there's no info on the main site anymore, there was a page dedicated to the attempts to get Wroughton fully set up, hopefully by now it's a work in progress.
A phone call couldn't hurt.

Cross-posted with the above

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Owen · 12-04-2008, 11:38 AM

Quote:

We intend to visit this year sometime.

Let me guess to coincide with my holiday so you can visit Swindon without bumping into moi?

Bodston · 12-04-2008, 11:40 AM

Thanks for that. I'll have to arrange a visit sometime. It was a fire engine related search that threw it up, good guess Adam.

Martin Bull · 12-04-2008, 11:47 AM

I've looked all through the thread and no-one's mentioned it, so I'll just post a quick 'plug' for The Mosquito Museum ( aka De havilland Heritage Centre ) near St Albans ( just off the M25 and 15 minutes' drive from the RAF Museum ).

A chance to get very up-close to the exhibits.....

Rich Payne · 12-06-2008, 08:13 PM

I've just realised that I'm going to be on holiday within a reasonable distance of Saumur. Is the French Tank Museum worth a visit or are the exhibits inaccurate and gaudily painted ? (slightly the impression that I had from a few photos I've seen).

How is the split between post-war and earlier ?

Trincomalee · 12-06-2008, 10:17 PM

CANTIGNY at Wheaton , outside Chicago .
Beautiful gardens {with tanks) , lovely house that's open to the public , and the Cantigny WW1 exhibits .

Trincomalee · 12-06-2008, 10:27 PM

Nothing to do with the war , but , the Pergamon Museum in Berlin .
It has parts of the walls of Babylon . Really impressive !

12-04-2008, 11:26 AM	#72 (permalink)
Bodston Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: just around the corner Posts: 1,291	I've just discovered while googling that the Science museum has a large object storage facility at some disused airfield near Swindon. I can't seem to find any opening times however. Does anyone know if it is open to the public. It looks like an interesting day out. __________________ My mother told me, I never should, play with the gypsies in the wood.

12-04-2008, 11:34 AM	#73 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 8,595	Bod. Yup, Wrougton is often open to the public. Give them a ring as they usual open in school summer holidays. I've been up there many a time. Science Museum - Wroughton Science Museum Swindon - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage They've got some great old tractors , buses , lorries as well as the planes. Last edited by Owen; 12-04-2008 at 11:37 AM.

12-04-2008, 11:36 AM	#74 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 7,618	My old man says Wroughton's good Bod (lot of firefighting gear, which you'd no doubt like). We intend to visit this year sometime. I don't think it's yet open on a regular basis (??), and functions via an 'open day' system or just calling up to arrange being let in. : Science Museum - About us - Science Museum Swindon BBC - Wiltshire Days Out - Science Museum Wroughton Open Day Science Museum - Wroughton Sure we had a bit on here about them sorting lottery funding to enable proper opening/display. That might be bound up with why there's no info on the main site anymore, there was a page dedicated to the attempts to get Wroughton fully set up, hopefully by now it's a work in progress. A phone call couldn't hurt. Cross-posted with the above . __________________ It's only the Internet.

12-04-2008, 11:40 AM	#76 (permalink)
Bodston Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: just around the corner Posts: 1,291	Thanks for that. I'll have to arrange a visit sometime. It was a fire engine related search that threw it up, good guess Adam. __________________ My mother told me, I never should, play with the gypsies in the wood.

12-06-2008, 08:13 PM	#78 (permalink)
Rich Payne Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 621	I've just realised that I'm going to be on holiday within a reasonable distance of Saumur. Is the French Tank Museum worth a visit or are the exhibits inaccurate and gaudily painted ? (slightly the impression that I had from a few photos I've seen). How is the split between post-war and earlier ? __________________ 1939 ex-BEF Norton WD16H restoration detailed on http://www.wdnorton.nl/

12-11-2007, 11:35 PM	#71 (permalink)
WHITLEYMAN Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: tuncurry,nsw. Posts: 43	great shots,thanks owen d. do you know if an armstrong whitworth whitley survives intact anywhere?

12-04-2008, 11:47 AM	#77 (permalink)
Martin Bull Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London Posts: 50	I've looked all through the thread and no-one's mentioned it, so I'll just post a quick 'plug' for The Mosquito Museum ( aka De havilland Heritage Centre ) near St Albans ( just off the M25 and 15 minutes' drive from the RAF Museum ). A chance to get very up-close to the exhibits.....

12-06-2008, 10:17 PM	#79 (permalink)
Trincomalee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 165	CANTIGNY at Wheaton , outside Chicago . Beautiful gardens {with tanks) , lovely house that's open to the public , and the Cantigny WW1 exhibits .

12-06-2008, 10:27 PM	#80 (permalink)
Trincomalee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 165	Nothing to do with the war , but , the Pergamon Museum in Berlin . It has parts of the walls of Babylon . Really impressive !

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