Ipswich Transport Museum

Ring the bell on a fire engine, drive a bus or visit our restoration zone.

The Ipswich Transport Museum has the largest collection of transport items in Britain devoted to just one town. Everything was either made or used in and around Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. 

The collections also include the Ipswich Engineering Collection; displays and objects celebrating the rich engineering history of Ipswich. The museum has around 100 major exhibits and many small items connected with transport in Ipswich. These include trolleybuses, trams, emergency vehicles, buses, personal transport and horsedrawn vehicles.

The Museum houses about 90 vehicles, which are divided into various different types of collection. There is also a large amount of material associated with local engineering companies, and transport related memorabilia. The acquisition and disposal policy contains information about the Museum's specific collecting policy.

For a full list of all the Museums large exhibits, follow this link.

The museum is disabled friendly being on one level only