Planes, trains and automobiles - and a whole lot more - were to be found at the Industrial Museum.
October 29 2006 sees Bristol's Industrial Museum closing its doors for the last time, making way for transformation into the new Museum of Bristol in 2009. The museum will be open every day during its last week to celebrate 28 years of Industrial heritage on display at the Floating Harbour.
Staff and volunteers are keen to invite the last few visitors along to learn about the working history of Bristol's dockside, see vintage printing presses, peer inside Concorde and climb on board a real Bristol Lodekka bus.
There's also a fun programme of free activities for all ages, culminating on Wednesday December 13 2006 with a talk at the University entitled 'A life less ordinary: Bristol Industrial Museum's working exhibits.'
Many of the museums' treasured machines (the cranes, tugs, fire boat and railway) will remain a big feature of the Museum of Bristol. Andy King, Curator of the Industrial Museum, will talk about what the much-loved exhibits did before they began their preserved state. At the Pugsley Lecture Theatre, Queen's Building, Bristol University, University Walk, from 7.30 to 9.30, admission free. To find out more, telephone 0117 903 1563
