Excellent museum that displays the history very imaginatively
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway的点评
点评:Visited on Thursday 13th March 2025. First-time visit, and initially a little confusing where to park as there was no dedicated parking for the museum, with parking being the same for the designer shopping outlet and the museum. Once parked up you cross the road into the complex that contains both the shopping outlet and the museum but there is no obvious signage directing you away from the shops and to the steam museum around the back to the left. Once found the museum was nice and quiet on a midweek visit. No exhibits outside but a nice atrium-style entrance hall containing access to toilets a cafe, a shop and the museum entry payment point. Once into the exhibit, you are guided initially through recreations of the various offices that formed the historical railway works inc dressed mannequins, videos and audio descriptions of each section. Take your time and enjoy these areas before you walk into the locomotive and pit/platform parts of the museum. There is an excellent set of interactive exhibits which allow you to attempt to drive a steam train as well as work a signal box. Once through this area, you have a smaller section covering the marketing history of the railway before you return to the entrance and shop. Overall a nice museum and one that represents the history of the GWR and the role Swindon's works played in its history well.
翻译:2025 年 3 月 13 日星期四参观。第一次参观,一开始有点困惑停车的地方,因为博物馆没有专用停车场,设计师购物中心和博物馆的停车位相同。停车后,您穿过马路进入包含购物中心和博物馆的综合大楼,但没有明显的标志引导您远离商店,前往左后方的蒸汽博物馆。找到博物馆后,在周中参观时,它很安静。外面没有展品,但有一个漂亮的中庭式入口大厅,里面有厕所、咖啡馆、商店和博物馆入场付款点。进入展览后,您首先会通过穿着人体模型的模型,以及每个部分的视频和音频描述,来引导您参观历史铁路工程公司的各个办公室。在您走进博物馆的机车和坑/平台部分之前,请花点时间享受这些区域。这里有一套很棒的互动展品,让您可以尝试驾驶蒸汽火车以及操作信号箱。穿过这个区域后,您将看到一个较小的区域,介绍铁路的营销历史,然后返回入口和商店。总的来说,这是一个不错的博物馆,它很好地代表了 GWR 的历史以及斯温顿的作品在其历史中所发挥的作用。