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Museums · East Midlands

Thursford Collection

In or near Fakenham.

Thursford Collection — museum of traction engines, mechanical fairground rides, and fairground organs in Thursford, Norfolk, UK.

Thursford Collection

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Thursford Collection is a museum in east midlands. Established 1970. (Steam museum in Norfolk, England.) Wikipedia notes: "The Thursford Collection is a museum located in Thursford, Norfolk. Founded by local man, the late George Cushing, it is now known for the scale of its collection of steam engines, mechanical organs and fairground rides, and its annual Christmas spectacular show, which draws over 100,000 people to the Norfolk countryside.". Coordinates 52.8712°, 0.9403°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
52.8712, 0.9403
Established
1970
Official site
www.thursford.com

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