Museum of Power

It's our last open weekend of the year. Come down and see us before we close until Sunday 1st February when we will be back with Crank Up & Wassail!

Today is your chance to see some awesome looking American Cars driving thru Maldon and down the High Street! Cars will leave Plume School at 4pm and head down the High Street, so be there and get your cameras ready! Then come down to the Museum tomorrow for the main event!

Tomorrow is Halloween and we have Professor Dean doing some spooky science shows as well as science experiments throughout the day, alongside train rides and the model village open! We will even have some real life creepy crawlies with our insect man!

UPDATE: Unfortunately UK Power Networks are cutting our electricity all day on Wednesday 17th July - so the trustees have decided to close the Museum for the day. The Tea Room will also be closed for the day. We will be back to normal operations on Thursday 18th July.

It's Ride London day 🚴‍♀️which means many roads local to us are closed. The good news is you can still get to us from the Hatfield Peverel direction, so we are open as usual ⚙️and so are the Tea Room 🍰☕️

Today is #InternationalMuseumDay so why not come and see our Museum! Museums are so important, telling stories of the past and making you think about the future! Here are just some of our exhibits!

We are delighted to announce we will receive £290,833 from Arts Council England for access improvements, thanks to its Government-funded Capital Investment Programme, as announced today. Thank you @ace_national @ace_southeast @DCMS #ACEsupported #LetsCreate @ESWH2O

We are 1 week away from re-opening! Nearly there!

The Museum closes on 17/12/23 to the public, re-opening for Crank Up & Wassail on 01/01/24 and then closing until re-opening on 07/02/24. The Tea Room will be closed from 17th December until re-opening on 7th February. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

New Museum layout - the ‘Powering Forward’ National Lottery funded project works are nearing completion. The Museum is open and new extension planned for completion for a February 2024 opening!

Lots of progress has been made at the @museumofpower recently, with external signage, internal displays and filming for the Belt-driven Workshop for forthcoming AV's. It's all looking rather good! @imagemakers_uk @HeritageFundUK

@ShowcaseInterio A huge thank you for your generosity in providing us new office furniture!

Don't forget Summer holiday arts & crafts are on every Wednesday, Thursday & Friday and our railway are running trains every Thursday during the holidays!

Performing in our grounds on Saturday 1st July!

A reminder that today and this weekend is your last chance to see the Museum before our refurbishment starts. After doors close on Sunday we will remain closed until 4th October. We will still be running events and school holiday activities in our grounds over the Summer months.

@MaldonDrama is putting its own spin on one of #Shakespeare’s finest comedies, with a special outdoor performance 🎭👇 @museumofpower #Maldon #MaldonDistrict #events maldon.nub.news/news/local-new…

3/3 A lot will be changing but we are so excited to see the new look Museum and extension, with brand new entrance, reception and gift shop area. Watch this space for updates on how the project is going! The Steam Pump Tea Room will remain open as much as possible during the work

2/3 A full opening date in December when the new extension will be completed will be announced soon. All our events will be going ahead as planned and we will still be open for Half Term this week as normal. We are also planning something for the Summer Holidays in our grounds.

1/3 Big news announcement! Our National Lottery Heritage Fund Project 'Powering Forward' is ready for lift off! Works will be taking place from June until December, with the Museum closing from 5th June with a first re-opening on 4th October.