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.
We are now re-open at our usual museum hours following our recent temporary closure.
Our normal opening times are from 11am to 4pm (with last entry at 3:15pm) on weekends and some weekdays, please check our calendar for full details.
You can purchase admission tickets at the museum.
Two visiting layouts 'Wheal Elizabeth' created by Andrew Ullyot and Iain Rice's 'Trerice' supporting a special running weekend and exhibition.
Free drop-in model making sessions for children on selected dates throughout the year.
Come and see trains running on this pioneering model railway which only runs a select few days a year. We also have a newly published visitor guidebook on sale!
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.
Part of an imaginary Great Western branch line meandering from South Devon into Cornwall.
A famous, pioneering layout on permanent display. It runs on specific days during the year.