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The railway group formed just before the 2020 lockdown and despite the difficulties of the last 14 months, have made huge strides in redeveloping the miniature railway at the museum to create a new 400m long loop taking in some hitherto unseen aspects of the museum’s impressive collection of steam artefacts.

In a year when many of the rights of passage of finishing Year 6 have been cancelled, we are launching an interactive experience for school leavers to support them in marking the highs and lows of their time at school.

Our on-site train team are looking for new recruits! We're looking for new volunteers to help us complete our railway development and to run trains on event days.

This just in, the full line up of activities and events for this Sunday’s Museum in Steam event: 

‘It was run by women all the lot!’ is how one brickworker described the site when he returned from WW1. But who were the women of the ‘works', and why were they here?

On Sunday 30th May the Brickworks Museum is holding our first Museum in Steam event since 2019.

The Brickworks Museum is delighted to announce that we plan [...]

Find out about the last surviving Victorian Steam Powered Brickworks in Britain from the comfort of your own home.

After the 17th May we will be allowed to start allowing visitors in once more. Read the details here