5-468: Grampian Transport Museum is a transport museum and charitable-based trust located in Alford , Aberdeenshire , Scotland . Its exhibits chart the history of transport in the north east of Scotland through dramatic displays, working and climb-aboard vehicle exhibits and video presentations. The museum was formed after a group of local transport enthusiasts and collectors in the early 1970s sought to develop
10-468: A double-decker bus, bicycles, steam vehicles, an electric tram, toy model vehicles, and transport memorabilia. 57°14′00″N 2°42′06″W / 57.2333182°N 2.701706°W / 57.2333182; -2.701706 This article related to Aberdeenshire , Scotland , is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to a museum in the United Kingdom
15-550: A local transport museum. In 1978, the group held a public meeting at which, after an offer was made to lease the former goods yard to the north of the former Alford railway station , the Grampian Transport Museum Association was formed. A pilot museum was established in a local factory in 1981, and after the first annual Alford Cavalcade vintage vehicle rally held during July, a combination of local councils offered grants and subsidies to establish
20-597: A permanent exhibition base. Construction work on the current building was completed in September 1982, and the museum opened in April 1983. An extension was completed in 1998, landscaping and a track added in the early 2000s, and a second building, the Collections Centre, to house larger exhibits in the 2010s. In 2016, the museum completed a new reception extension to improve the frontage of the museum and provide
25-421: A warm welcome to its visitors. One of Aberdeen's hydrogen buses was gifted to the museum in 2020. The museum plans to create a new outdoor exhibition which will include the bus. Major exhibits include the world's oldest Sentinel Steam Waggon from 1914, a giant Mack Snowplow and a working model of Robert Davidson's motor for electric traction. Exhibits include historic and classic automobiles, motorcycles,
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