Overview

The Museum of internal fire is an engineer's dream, it displays the internal combustion engines through a period of history that is our Industrial Heritage. As far as disability and Disability access the museum is exceptionally good with facilities for all kinds of disability making it one of the most accessible places I personally have been.

Transport & Parking

There is hard standing for parking but no team arts spaces or spaces actually for disabled vehicles but if you have mobility issues or a disability you can park close to the building and then speak to Hazel or Paul who are the couple who run the museum.

Access

The passages between the exhibits are wide and definitely disabled friendly as far as power or wheelchair access . Each exhibit has a computer display explaining the history and the information about the engine (some of these are very large indeed or turbines. There are disabled toilets and they are actively inclusive of people with disabilities. They even have a mobility scooter that is available for all those who would find walking around the whole of the museum a challenge. Hazel is chatty and helpful and runs a small coffee shop that has facilities for people who are interested in walking around the engines but I do have a partner who is.

Toilets

The museum has two toilets and one is designated disabled but the other one is actually large enough for a wheelchair as well as a clean well presented and perfectly suitable.

Staff

The staff are excellent, front of house is Hazel who is chatty and interested in people and will help as much as she can to facilitate your visit to be a positive one. Some volunteers also will explain each engine as you go around the building but obviously some other members of staff are busy working on the engines and making sure that some are running so that people can see the effect of these massive engines running which is quite spectacular.

Anything else you wish to tell us?

This museum in reality is well facilitated so people can have information about our industrial heritage. This display shows a diversity from a telephone exchange to showing massive engines that we used to run water stations.

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