STEAM Museum Experience Day

Bring your unit and join Girlguiding South West England on an adventure at The Steam Museum.

This experience is open to all sections within Girlguiding South West England.

Would you like to work in the Great Western Railway (GWR) works? Mystery object artefact handling and dressing up role play to try your hand as an apprentice.

Could you be a steam locomotive driver or railway worker? Climb on to a loco footplate, work the signals, try our driver simulator.

Have a go at sending and decoding secret messages like people did in World Word II with Signals and Ciphers.

Be an engineer and work as a team to try our magnificent bridge building challenge or put together some mini locomotives.

This Experience is open to all sections.

Please note

• Due to the capacity at the Museum, bookings are capped at 30 young members. This does not include adults volunteers. 
• The museum is big, there will not be time to see/do everything but you are welcome to stay at the museum after the activities have ended at 2pm.
• Space is available for members to eat their lunch at this venue. 
• All members will receive the event badge.

The cost of this experience is £3 per young member. This fee is non-refundable. We encourage you to only book the number of places you require. Booking more places than you can fill, means that other young members will miss out on this opportunity. 

Accessibility Information

• Upon booking you will be sent a pack of information which covers other access related information. 
• When you book you will have the option of entering your pronoun. If you prefer you can leave this field blank.

Transport Information

By car -  Park and meet your unit at the North Car Park before arriving at the museum. To find it using Sat Nav, enter Kemble Drive, SN2 2NA

Disabled car parking spaces are available directly outside the museum. 

By rail -  The closest train station is Swindon approx. 6 minutes away. 

By plane - The closest airports are Bristol and Southampton