The museum celebrates the social, commercial and industrial life of Immingham through the centuries.
In 1608 the Pilgrim Fathers set out from the shores of Immingham to start a new life in Holland and eventually the New World. The museum has an interactive display featuring their journey.

In 1912 the Great Central Railway opened a massive port at Immingham to export coal to the World from the Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire coal fields. Immingham is still a major port on the east coast of England handling the largest tonnage of any port in the country.

As part of the port development “Tin Town” was created to house the port builders and workers. This is featured in the museum, together through various displays showing all the local amenities which developed to support the town and port.

The railway was a key feature of the port to feed in the coal and other produce and still plays a significant role in the port through container traffic, bulk loads such as iron ore for Scunthorpe steel works and the import and processing of crude oil.

The upper floor of the museum devotes itself to the influence of the railways, including two large model railways showing Immingham Locomotive Shed in the 1950’s and the busy freight line feeding Immingham between Barnetby and Wrawby Junction. A new feature of this floor is a multimedia room including screens for real time trains, ships and planes around the port.

More details on all of these areas in the museum can be found in the following pages.
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