Dates for 2010!

• 30 May
• 26/27 June - Armed Forces Weekend
• 25 July
• 29 August
• 26 September
• 31 October
• 28 November
• 19 December
• 30 January 2011

The Basford Beam Engine and an outstanding collection of working steam and barn engines are in steam on the last Sunday of every month, with thanks to the Arkwright Society.

Come along to see a miniature fairground, 1940's telephone exchange, a collection of vintage working radios, ploughing engines, threshing machine and a working blacksmith.

The Industrial Museum is situated in the stable block and courtyard buildings of the magnificent Wollaton Hall, offering an insight into the City's rich industrial heritage.

Discover a wonderful display of textile, transport and technology from Nottingham's past. See the Basford Beam Engine, see a fully operational analogue telephone network working whilst you chat, a display of bicycles and vehicles linked to the city. Includes some of the most important lace making machinery that put Nottingham on the textile map forever.

Industrial Museum Collections

• Before the 1960s there was little formal collecting of industrial historical material. The exception was a collection of lace machinery, on display at Nottingham Castle to reflect the importance of the city's contribution to the Lace Industry.
• From 1964 a separate industrial collection was established, largely concentrating on the local textile, coal mining and light metal (bicycles, motorcycles etc.) trades. It was in 1966 that the stable yard at Wollaton Park became home to this collection - formally opening to the public in 1971.

Today the museum holds collections that portray the importance of Nottingham as a city built upon industry and reflect the wide diversity of these industries...

Transport

The Transport Gallery was refurbished as part of the sites £9million programme of restoration. A reinterpretation of the bicycle and motor cycle collections highlights and celebrates Nottingham's transport heritage. Part of the collection is a series of children's bikes from the 1970s, donated by the Raleigh cycle company.

Also on display you will find the 17th century Baskerville coaches, among the oldest surviving examples of their type, and the Celer Car - the only surviving example of its design. Built by the Celer Car Motor Company, Bobbers Mill, 'Celer' is Latin for swift – a surprising name for a car that will only reach a maximum speed of 20mph!

These items have contributed to civic pride with both the Celer car and Baskerville travelling chariot taking part in numerous ceremonial occasions.

Lace Machinery

Featuring some of the earliest and most important machinery of its type in the country, the majority of which was built in the Nottingham area. Much of the collection was acquired from prominent lace and lace machinery manufacturers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Telecommunications

Includes a significant collection of telephones and other telecommunications material, donated by Plessey Co. (latterly Siemens) at Beeston. This has been built upon to create a very strong collection of post-war material.

Agricultural Machinery

Acquired from the Stoke Bardolph sewage farm, the collection includes two Fowler ploughing engines, significant in their own right as the last pair of this type produced by John Fowler and Co.

Steam Engines

The museum worked initially with the Nottingham Society of Model and Experimental Engineers to acquire model engines and since 1967 the Nottingham Arkwright Society have operated the working engines on the museum's behalf.

In the 1970s a steam-powered beam engine was removed from Basford to the museum and rebuilt on site. This marked a time of expansion in the collection of steam and internal combustion engines.

Sunday Steamings

Experience the golden age of steam with the Arkwright Society at the Industrial Museum and see the early combustion engines working.

The Industial Museum is only open during the Steaming Sundays. Nottingham City Council would like to thank the Arkwright Society for their voluntary support enabling the Steaming Sundays to continue.