Welcome to Pendon Museum
A glimpse of English rural life around 1930 through extraordinary miniature dioramas featuring railways, villages and landscapes.
A glimpse of English rural life around 1930 through extraordinary miniature dioramas featuring railways, villages and landscapes.
Please check our calendar for full details of opening days.
We are normally open from 11am - 4pm (last entry at 3.15pm) on weekends and bank holidays (Feb-Nov), Wednesdays in the school holidays and the first Thursday of the month (June - Oct).
Admission tickets can be purchased at the museum.
Introduce your seasonal visitors to the magical miniature world of Pendon Museum!
Free drop-in model making sessions for children on selected dates throughout the year.
Scenic Modelling courses for adults covering a range of topics.
An ambitious model of the countryside of the Vale of White Horse as it was in the 1930s. It captures in miniature an impression of the calm unhurried beauty of the past.
A famous, pioneering layout on permanent display. It runs on specific days during the year.
Part of an imaginary Great Western branch line meandering from South Devon into Cornwall.