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• Blists Hill Victorian Town
• Conservation
• Volunteering

Replica of the first steam railway locomotive back in action at Blists Hill Victorian Town

4th Nov 2025

Volunteers have helped put the replica Trevithick back on the track at Blists Hill Victorian Town

Transfer of IGMT to the National Trust

16th Oct 2025

• Coalport China Museum
• Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

IGMT opens the ‘Secret Garden’, a calm space at Coalport China Museum

26th Aug 2025

The Trust has opened a  new calm space at Coalport China Museum, the Secret Garden.

• Collections
• Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
• Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

IGMT marks 150th anniversary of first Channel swim by local man with temporary exhibition

18th Aug 2025

To mark the 150^th anniversary of the first Channel swim, by Shropshire man Captain Matthew Webb, the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is hosting an exhibition in the Coalbrookdale Gallery telling the story of the swimmer’s life.

• Collections
• Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

New IGMT trail to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway

1st Aug 2025

To coincide with Railway 200, a nationwide celebration of 200 years of the modern railway, the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, a heritage conservation and education charity, has created a new multi-site trail and displays of rail-related monuments and objects from its Designated collections.