Blog: Curator’s Choice

Horse Tram News

This past Saturday was really all about horse trams for us here at the Museum. Not only did we have Joseph at the Museum pulling our 1874-built tramcar Sheffield 15, but a team of intrepid Workshop personnel ventured forth to a field in Wales, to rescue a London horse...

LCC1 Progress Up-date

LCC1 Progress Up-dateGarmendale are progressing well with restoration on LCC1 in the short time they have had the frame. The side panels have all been removed and they have braced the frame to provide stability whilst they work on it. Looking down on the body you can see that the top rail...

Robert Morris – New Librarian

Robert Morris – New Librarian  Crich Tramway Village welcomes our new Librarian, Robert Morris. Robert is married with two daughters and originally worked for the National Trust Photographic Library in London. He moved to Derbyshire 15 years ago, after visiting with his wife for short...

Archive Items

Archive Items  Archive items on display proved to be of great interest to visitors to the Tramway Museum Society 60th Anniversary event on 7th November 2015. Recently returned to the National Tramway Museum at Crich is the Municipal Tramways Association chain and pendant...

Retired Drivers and Conductors Weekend

Retired Drivers and Conductors WeekendA week-end for retired drivers and conductors was held at Crich Tramway Village on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June. The event provided the opportunity for retired drivers and conductors to enjoy a brief drive or to conduct and to meet old friends. Several of those...

New Interpretation Panels

New Interpretation Panels  The first half of our new interpretation panels have arrived for the trams in the depot. These are being installed on the trams in response to our visitors who requested more information about each tram. They are colour coded, for example Glasgow tram panels...

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