Summerlee Museum (Free Event) POSTPONED
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This is a free event.
Join us for an afternoon at Summerlee with special guest stars the Steampunks. This is an all day event. Come along and enjoy the all the museum has to offer.
There is a lot to see, do and photograph in and around the museum.
For full details about all the museum has to offer click the link:
https://culturenl.co.uk/museums/visiting-us/summerlee/
https://www.summerleetg.co.uk/summerlee.html
.The organisers plan to be there form around 12 Noon. We will keep you updated on teh Meetup Site.
Summerlee opened on the 23rd march 1988 on the site of the Summerlee ironworks . the museum closed in 2006 and reopened in 2008 after a £10 million redevelopment - History of Summerlee Museum
Summerlee Museums's 22 Acres form one of Scotland's foremost industrial heritage visitor attractions. Graded 4-stars by the Visit Scotland and a registered museum it is situated around the site of the 19th Century Summerlee Ironworks and a restored section of a branch of the Monklands Canal.
There's lots to see including:
- Main Exhibition hall
- Tramway with Passenger Stops
- Coal Mine and Miners' Row
- Summerlee Branch of the Monklands Canal
- Children's Play Area
- Site of former Summerlee Ironworks
- Steam-driven Sawmill
- Vulcan Boat
The main hall is split into
- Transport
- Street & School life
- Engineering
- Leisure
- Community & Conflict
- War & Society
- Coal Mining
- Blast Furnace
- Steel
- Personalities
- Natural Resources
- Brickworks
- Pig Iron
- Canals & Railways
- Malleable Iron
- Leisure
- Community & Conflict
- War & Society
- Coal Mining
- Blast Furnace
- Steel
- Personalities
- Natural Resources
- Brickworks
- Pig Iron
- Canals & Railways
- Malleable Iron
Canceled
Summerlee Museum (Free Event) POSTPONED