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Work has commenced on the restoration of the Grade II-listed Power Hall at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester – part of a larger, ... More

Urgently-needed repair work has begun on the Grade II listed Power Hall at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum, following an injection of funding from the ... More

Designers GSM Project have delivered three exhibition spaces for the new Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, allowing visitors to “discover innovations and technology ... More

The British government has launched a £1m (US$1.4m, €1.3m) competition open to rail and heritage rail operators in an attempt to encourage more tourists to ... More

The Warner Brothers Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, has announced it will unveil a 20,000sq ft (1,858sq m) expansion to include ... More

A large exhibition on Cuba’s rail heritage is set to open following an eight-year project to repair and restore 40 locomotives. The open air exhibition ... More

Thomas the Tank Engine, has been hailed as key to the survival of heritage railways, with the popular Days Out with Thomas events accounting for ... More

Work has begun on a £7m redevelopment project on the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester. The project is being led by architects ... More

Work has begun on a £7m redevelopment project on the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester. The project is being led by architects ... More

A tourist railway in South Wales is having to use coal from Russia for its steam engines, rather than from a coal mine three miles ... More

Plans to convert the Victorian Bestwood Winding Engine House, located in Bestwood Country Park, Nottingham, into a visitor attraction have been given the green light. ... More

Proposals to redevelop the historic Soho Foundry in Smethwick are set to be submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). If the HLF bid were ... More

More than 40 museums across England are set to benefit from funding packages ranging from £6,000 to £300,000, culture minister David Lammy has announced. The ... More

Wigan is to benefit from a £45m regeneration project aimed at transforming the town into an exciting leisure and tourism destination. The Wigan Pier Quarter ... More

More than 22,000 people took the opportunity to ride the Flying Scotsman steam engine between York and Scarborough this summer. Organised by the National Railway ... More

One of the world’s most famous steam engines, The Flying Scotsman, has been returned to public ownership after 41 years. The future of the engine ... More

One of the world’s most famous steam engines, Flying Scotsman, has been put up for sale. Flying Scotsman plc, which owns the locomotive, said it ... More