Our next 6 Open Days:

Open days in September 2025

6 September 2025, 10:30 am: Open Days - Blues & Twos Weekend
7 September 2025, 10:30 am: Open Days - Blues & Twos Weekend
20 September 2025, 10:30 am: Open Days
21 September 2025, 10:30 am: Open Days
4 October 2025, 10:30 am: Yorkshire Buses Weekend
5 October 2025, 10:30 am: Yorkshire Buses Weekend

For more information, check the calendar below.

We open on a selection of weekends between April and November (normally these include Bank Holiday weekends) and three weeks during the Spring/Summer Bank Holidays as shown in the calendar below. Admission for events with a brown background is charged at our Standard rate; ones with a red background are Premium events and charged at higher prices.

Details of our 2025 open days are provisional so although the dates we will be open are unlikely to change, any special themes may be subject to alteration – so please keep checking back!

We can open for private visits on other dates if arranged in advance – there is a minimum charge for this. If you’d like to know more, check this page.

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6 Open Days - Blues & Twos Weekend 10:30 am – 4:30 pm 6 September 2025 Open from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm; last admission 3.30 pm. What's happening: Join our Artist in Residence, Julie Oxenforth, for an art workshop! We'll also have all our usual attractions plus the Blues & Twos Team will be with us all weekend, displaying their preserved vehicles from the three emergency services and giving demonstrations of fire and rescue procedures. Always a popular event for the whole family! Getting to the Museum: (Saturday only) we are running free buses to and from Thorne to connect with First South Yorkshire service 387; further details can be found here. justgo North Lincs is an on-demand service providing links from Crowle and Scunthorpe. Trips have to be booked in advance; more details here. Admission prices: Admission on this day is charged at our Standard Rate - for full details see our Admission Prices page. Google Calendar

7 Open Days - Blues & Twos Weekend 10:30 am – 4:30 pm 7 September 2025 Open from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm; last admission 3.30 pm. What's happening: Join our Artist in Residence, Julie Oxenforth, for an art workshop! We'll also have all our usual attractions plus the Blues & Twos Team will be with us all weekend, displaying their preserved vehicles from the three emergency services and giving demonstrations of fire and rescue procedures. Always a popular event for the whole family! Getting to the Museum: (Saturday only) we are running free buses to and from Thorne to connect with First South Yorkshire service 387; further details can be found here. justgo North Lincs is an on-demand service providing links from Crowle and Scunthorpe. Trips have to be booked in advance; more details here. Admission prices: Admission on this day is charged at our Standard Rate - for full details see our Admission Prices page. Google Calendar

20 Open Days 10:30 am – 4:30 pm 20 September 2025 Open from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm; last admission 3.30 pm. What's happening: Join our Artist in Residence, Julie Oxenforth, for an art workshop! Plus we'll have all our usual attractions. We'll also be running our wheelchair accessible trolleybus (subject to availability). Getting to the Museum: Saturday only: we run free buses to and from Thorne to connect with First South Yorkshire service 387; further details can be found here. justgo North Lincs is an on-demand service providing links from Crowle and Scunthorpe. Trips have to be booked in advance; more details here. Admission prices: Admission on this day is charged at our Standard Rate - for full details see our Admission Prices page. Google Calendar

21 Open Days 10:30 am – 4:30 pm 21 September 2025 Open from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm; last admission 3.30 pm. What's happening: Join our Artist in Residence, Julie Oxenforth, for an art workshop! Plus we'll have all our usual attractions. We'll also be running our wheelchair accessible trolleybus (subject to availability). Getting to the Museum: Saturday only: we run free buses to and from Thorne to connect with First South Yorkshire service 387; further details can be found here. justgo North Lincs is an on-demand service providing links from Crowle and Scunthorpe. Trips have to be booked in advance; more details here. Admission prices: Admission on this day is charged at our Standard Rate - for full details see our Admission Prices page. Google Calendar

A pdf of 2025 open days can be downloaded here.

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