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Pendon Museum will be open
at weekends, Bank Holidays and on special occasions throughout 2008.
The Museum is open each Saturday and Sunday
from 2pm to 5.30pm (last
admissions 4.45pm) unless stated otherwise, check events page click
here for details.
In addition to Pendon's own Vale
of White Horse and Dartmoor miniature landscapes a number of exhibition
will be on display and a special event weekend will be held see below
for details..
The Madder Valley Railway will be operating on
3 days during 2008.
Visitors should note that the viewing height of
some of the exhibits is
rather high for small children.
Special Events and Exhibitions in 2008
April 5th until the end of 2008
Exhibition
Building in the vernacular
An exploration of local building techniques and
materials with special
emphasis on the buildings from the Vale of White Horse - an
area where diverse materials such as brick, tiles, chalkstone,
limestone and thatch are found.
May 10th
and 11th
11am to
5.30pm Special Event - Meet the Modellers
Weekend
An opportunity to meet members of Pendon's
team of modellers
and learn how the detailed models of buildings, scenery and rolling
stock are created.
Special Runnings of the Madder Valley Railway
In 2008 Madder Valley will run on:
Saturday
Feb 2nd, Sunday
June 15th & Saturday November 15th
Please note - We are open from 2pm to 4.45pm only on
these Madder
Valley Days.
The Madder Valley Railway was created by artist and photographer John
Ahern. This charming and historically important model railway was
probably the first to establish the importance of scenery to complement
the trains.
It was donated to Pendon Museum and is normally on static display.
However, each year the trains and track are restored to running order
for a limited number of days.
Recently a small number of additional buildings were discovered and
these are now installed on the layout.
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