Welcome to Pendon Museum
A glimpse of English rural life around 1930 through extraordinary dioramas featuring railways, villages and landscapes.
A glimpse of English rural life around 1930 through extraordinary dioramas featuring railways, villages and landscapes.
Pendon is closed until further notice.
If you'd like something to do connected with the museum you could try our 'digital jigsaws'
Normally, Pendon opens at 11:00 and closes at 16:00. The last admission time is 15:15.
A number of digital jigsaws based on photos of Pendon with a range of difficulties - for children through to expert
Write a short story based on a photograph of Pendon.
The membership organisation for our supporters. We need you especially through this difficult period.
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.