museum collection
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway has an extensive archive collection. Many of our larger items are on display in our museum gallery or our Train Story Discovery Centre. Behind the scenes our archive holds many thousands of items, including tickets, documents and photographs which form an important historical record of over 150 years of Island railway history.
Highlights from our Collection
Join our gallery curator, John Paton, he guides you through some of the highlights from our collection:
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Featuring: railwayman’s pocket watches, silver milk & cream jugs, a sign to Ventnor West station and a way to keep passengers warm.
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Featuring: carriage keys, silver and glassware from railway paddle steamers, a hand bell and Ventnor’s station clock.
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Featuring: a lookout warning horn, a rare boundary sign, stained glass from our Oldbury carriage, and the story of a locomotive that went for a swim!
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OPENING DAYS + TIMES
Our Havenstreet booking office and station open at 9.30am every day when trains are running…
EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES
Go on treat yourself, whether you want to be at the coal face with the immersive Footplate Experience or you want absolute luxury…Â
TRAIN RIDES
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway will take you back in time to the heyday of steam, our traditional steam trains…
