The Steam Museum

The Steam Museum & Lodge Park Walled Garden is a museum located in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland.

Site
The Straffan Steam Museum is housed in a church which once stood by the Inchicore railway works in Dublin. It is located on the site of Lodge Park, a former "big house", and has an 18th century walled garden.

Collection
This steam museum contains a collection of prototype model locomotives and live steam engines.  Two of the locomotives were used in the late 19th century by the Great Northern Railway. 

The museum has a selection of steam engines used for industrial propulsion, including a huge beam engine used in the Midleton whiskey distillery, a pumping engine employed in Jameson's distillery in Dublin, and a large beam engine installed in Smithwick's brewery, Kilkenny, in 1847.

Operations
The Museum is open to visitors from Wednesdays to Sundays during the summer, from 2pm to 6pm.  It has a tea house offering tea and coffee, and light meals with pre-booking, and a small shop.

References

External links
Official site
Facebook page

Category:Steam museums
Category:Museums in County Kildare
Category:Tourist attractions in County Kildare
Category:Railway museums in the Republic of Ireland
Category:1988 establishments in Ireland