- Wikidata identifier:
- Q15265866
- Also known as:
- The Pendon Museum Trust Ltd, Pendon Museum of Miniature Transport and Landscape
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum; charitable organization
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 963
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q15265866/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Collection development policy)
Pendon Museum was founded by Roye England, who was concerned about the developments in the 1950s which was permanently changing villages, vernacular buildings, farming, transport and rural life. He started to record and photograph buildings in the Vale of the White Horse and from these surveys, with a small group of like-minded individuals created models of buildings, landscape and railways that have grown into the major models on display at Pendon today.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2022
Licence: CC BY-NC
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
Founder’s Collection of diaries, photographs, plans and memorabilia created or collected by Roye England
There are three major landscape models which show transport and rural life in the period 1923 – 1938:
- Madder Valley – a historical scene which was completed before donation to Pendon
- Dartmoor – a railway viaduct and station scene constructed in situ
- Vale of the White Horse – a large landscape model still under construction, due for substantial completion in 2020s.
The landscape models, buildings, locomotives, carriages and rolling stock are all treated as accessioned working collections. Maintenance of working parts is carried out on a three-year cycle, or when required, with full records of repairs, replacement parts and conservation procedures.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2022
Licence: CC BY-NC