A
guide to museums and collections which have tractors, engines, and machinery.
Check opening times before visiting.
Some
of these museums are private and not open to the public. Prior arrangements
will have to be made before visiting.
Friends of
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Museum |
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Collection |
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Museum of English Rural Life Reading University
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University of Reading, Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX |
A large
collection of rural artifacts
with a nationally acclaimed archive and library |
Museum open Tuesday to Sunday Reading Room open Monday to Friday Admission free but a donation is welcomed. |
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Anson Road,Poynton, Cheshire |
Permanent display of steam and industrial engines |
Summer months |
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Beamish Open Air Museum
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Beamish Museum |
A large oputdoor museum with a wide range of Victorian exhibits. A good day out |
public access Paid entry |
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Black Country
Living
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A large collection of buildings and artifacts from the Victorian era relating to industry in the Black Country A good day out |
Public access. Paid admission **** |
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Burrell Museum Thetford Norfolk Work in progress
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Charles Burrell Museum. IP24 1BN |
Not visited this museum. One of the great steam engine manufacturers I think it will be worth a visit |
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Leyland Transport
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British Commercial Vehicle Museum, PR25 2LE |
Lots of
intersting commercial vehicles.
Not all Leylands |
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British Lawnmower Museum Southport
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A comprehensive collection of lawnmowers from old to new. Shop Mowers and Spares Well worth a visit |
All year opening Closed Sunday £2 admission |
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Butser Hill Ancient Farm
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All year opening
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Uphill
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Tractors, Threshing, Steam engines, engineering Military and rural life. Worth a visit. |
Public access.
Paid admission. |
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The Long Shop Leiston, Suffolk
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Richard Garret's original Workshop. Well worth a visit |
Open daily 10.00-17.0 Closed Monday Paid admission |
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Oakham Treasures. Bristol
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Portbury BS20 7SP |
A huge
collection covering many topics
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Public access Paid admission |
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Ryedale Folk Museum Huttoh
le Hole
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Hutton le Hole YO62 6UA |
Big display of various rural items. Farming, rural life, crafts, shops Good display of tractors and old farm machinery |
Paid Admission
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Yorkshire Museum of Farming YORK
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Murton, YO19 5UF |
Large
display of rural life with mediaeval village and
Railway |
Paid admission |
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M4, J33 |
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Scottish
Museum of Rural Life, Scotland
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Good display of farm machines, Combine hall open on request. Farm attached Dont forget to ask to see the combines! |
Open Daily Entrance Fee |
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Musee de Mecanique Naturelle. Giverny France |
Giverny www.giverny.fr |
A fine display of stationary engines, Mostly French. Annual rally mid September |
See "Vaporising" Winter 2008 |
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Musee des Traditions Agricoles du Segala France
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The Mairie, |
A good selection of old French implements. |
Public access. **** |
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Musee Regional du Machansim Agricole France |
68 bis, Rue de Chaussee. La Ferte Milon, Musee regional de agricole |
Tractors and agricultural implements. Well worth a visit Also home of Alexandre Dumas |
Open Saturday and Sunday. Paid admission *** |
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Association
Quercynoise des Vielles Mecaniques
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CAZALS
LOT 46 |
National rally held last weekend in July in odd
numbered years. |
See web site for opening times of museum. Museum
in redundant village garage. four star |
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Chartres 28000 France |
Pont
de Mainvilliers, Eure et Loire 28 |
Tractors and
machines |
Entrance 3,80 euros Well worth
a visitFive star |
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Ecomusee de Marqueze France five star |
A nice otdoor museum with a collection of local buildings. Access is by an old train which is part of the museum. |
Open April to November. Adults 13euro |
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Musee de la vie Rurale Steenwerck |
A rural museum set in a village centre, close to A25 sortie 10. No tractors but many other interesting exhibits. |
Public access afternoon. Check opening before visit |
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Musee Maurice Dufresne Moulin
de Marnay |
Azay-le-Rideau 37190 |
An unforgettable voyage through time Tractors, Vans, + 3000 inventions extraordinaires |
Open March to September
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Forge
du Pyrenee France |
FOIX Ariege09 |
Rural museum set around a forge and other workshops. Working displays. |
Open Daily Paid admission four star |
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Musee du
Machinisme Agricole Salviac, |
Rural museum with large collection of tractors and other farm machines.Housed in six large horticultural tunnels |
July August 10am to 5pm. April, May, June, September 2pm to 5pm Paid admission
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Musee Charolais du Mechinisme Agricole, Neuvy-Grandchamp France |
A good collection of tractors etc Many other items on display
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Public access Closed Mardi Adults 4Euros |
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Musee
Agri Retro France |
Abbaretz 44410 Loire-Atlantique |
200 tractors
and 100 machines
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Public access April to October |
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La Ferme Normande 76 Seine-Maritime
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Musee
de la Machine Saint-loup 58
Nievre |
Interesting
collection of tractors and combines
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Open 1st -30th September;
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Musee
Agricole Luxembourg |
A large collection of farm implements and tractors
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No further details
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Deuches Landwirtschafhausen Fildhaupstrasse
179
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Large
collection of artifacyts with a particularly
broad range of tractors |
Open daily Paid admission |
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Paderborn Tractor Museum Paderborn, Germany |
No further information available |
A larghe collection of tractors and lorries. Well
presented in a moderm Museum
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No further details
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Hungarian Outdoor Museum
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Out door rural museum.
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Open daily Admission charge |
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Poland
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National museum of farming
and food production and processing.
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Open Daily Admission charge |
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Large
collection of farm equipment, tractors,
imlpements, buildings
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Not
open to the public. Worth a visit |
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Mabel Binney Cottage, New Zealand |
Local collection with early house, railway station and 20 interesting tractors and implements A long way to go for a day out! |
Access,
$2 |
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Henry Ford
Museum USA |
20900 Oakwood Boul. |
A large collection of
all sorts of vehicles Very Professional |
Open Cdaily Paid entry |
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Tired New York
USA |
Cuylerville, |
An
extensive range of 110 tractors and implements. |
Public access. Paid admission.
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Vintage
Tracks Family
firm selling Crawlers etc. with a museum. |
3170 Wheeler Station Road , Bloomfield NY14469 New York USA |
Mainly crawlers from early 1900's 200 exihibits |
May to November Saturday and
Sunday 12-4 |
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