Aston Manor Road Transport Museum

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Aston Manor Road Transport Museum
Midland Red Buses at Aston Manor.jpg
Midland Red buses inside Aston Manor Road Transport Museum in September 2020
Established14 November 1988 (1988-11-14)
LocationShenstone Drive Northgate, Aldridge, England
Coordinates52°36′43″N 1°55′21″W / 52.611881°N 1.922368°W / 52.611881; -1.922368Coordinates: 52°36′43″N 1°55′21″W / 52.611881°N 1.922368°W / 52.611881; -1.922368
TypeTransport museum
Websiteamrtm.org

Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, also known as Aldridge Transport Museum, is an independent transport museum in Aldridge, Walsall, England. Until December 2011 the Museum occupied the former Birmingham Corporation Tramways Witton Tram Depot, in the Aston district of Birmingham, run by a registered charity.[1]

Buses at the Aston Manor Transport Museum

The museum hosted the 40th birthday party of Charles, Prince of Wales[2] on 14 November 1988, when he formally opened the museum.

Following a decision by Birmingham City Council to cease funding the rent on the Witton Tram Depot,[3] it closed in October 2011.[4] Between then and December that year, the collection was moved to the Beecham Business Park, home to the former Jack Allen dustcart assembly plant, in nearby Aldridge.[5] Subsequently the museum moved again, this time a short distance within Aldridge, to its present location in Shenstone Drive, Aldridge, where it opened to the public in July 2013. Since reopening, the museum has retained its bus collection but also added an increased number of light commercial vehicles on display.

References[]

  1. ^ "Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, registered charity no. 519216". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  2. ^ "Prince Charles called on to support Aston Manor Transport Museum". Birmingham Mail. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Birmingham transport museum facing closure". BBC News. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Birmingham transport museum 'could reappear' after closure". BBC News. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Aston Manor Road Transport Museum relocates to new home". BBC News. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2021.


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