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Description: | Wylam Railway Museum was opened in 1981, the bicentenary of the birth of ������the Father of Railways������ George Stephenson who was born in Wylam, to commemorate Wylam������s unique contribution to railway history.
The Museum is small, occupying a former classroom in the old village school, now known as the Falcon Centre. The displays focus on the famous local railway pioneers, George Stephenson, William Hedley, Timothy Hackworth and Nicholas Wood and the Wylam Colliery waggonway.
Exhibits include items of railwayana, old photographs, posters and models, many collected by local enthusiasts. | Source: | MLA Institutions Server | Address: | The Falcon Centre
Falcon Terrace,Wylam,NE41 8EU | Sector: | Museums | Telephone: | 01661 852 174 | Identifier: | 42746 |
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