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Museums & Art Galleries Shildon


Museums and Art Galleries in or near Shildon, such as Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon are listed below. Shildon in County Durham is famous for being a railway town and the world's first passenger rail journey took place along the Stockton and Darlington Railway between Shildon and Stockton-on-Tees in 1825. Today there is the National Railway Museum in the town showing the history of the railways.



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Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon  

Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon

Locomotion, Shildon, Durham

Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon is an £11 million project, opened in 2004, and the first national museum to be built in the North East. It combines a state of the art... more





Towns in Durham with Museum / Art Gallery listings:   Barnard Castle | Bishop Auckland | Chester-le-Street | Durham | Shildon | Stockton-on-Tees