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A Carters Coach Services Alexander Dennis Enviro400 outside the Ipswich Transport Museum.

The Ipswich Transport Museum is a museum in Ipswich, Suffolk, England devoted principally to the history of road vehicles as represented by those used or built in its local area.

The museum collection was commenced by the Ipswich Transport Preservation Group in 1965. In 1988 it obtained use of its present premises, the old Priory Heath trolleybus depot in Cobham Road, and has been opened to the public since 1995.

Its collection of more than 85 vehicles includes trams and trolley- and motor-buses from Ipswich Corporation Transport, the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company and other local operators; commercial vehicles; fire apparatus; mobile cranes; bicycles; biers; horse-drawn vehicles; prams; and wheelchairs. There is a good representation of the Ipswich manufacturers Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies and Ransomes & Rapier and of electric vehicles.

Local rail and waterway transport and aviation are represented mainly by photographic collections and smaller exhibits. The Museum also houses an archive and library together with costume and ticket collections.

The Museum is a registered charity, and is normally open to visitors on Sundays from April to November; and on weekday afternoons during school holidays.

Events[]

It also organises occasional events including the annual Ipswich to Felixstowe Run for vintage vehicles on the first Sunday in May, from Christchurch Park, Ipswich to the Promenade in Felixstowe.

On the first Sunday in October they also have a 'come and ride on our buses' day, where the museums buses along with visiting buses from the area operate around the Ipswich area, including over the Orwell Bridge.

How to get there[]

The museum is located in south east Ipswich. Details on the museums web site.

Exhibits list[]

add details of the major exhibits and vehicles.

See also[]

References / sources[]

Bibliography[]

  • Ipswich Transport Museum (2005). Museum Guide. 
  • "The Ipswich Transport Museum", Vintage Roadscene 99: 57–8. Jan./Feb. 2008. 

External links[]

Coordinates: 52°02′26″N 1°11′48″E / 52.040492°N 1.196544°E / 52.040492; 1.196544


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