Grampian Transport Museum

29/05/2026

Today, we’re delighted to announce that Grampian Transport Museum has secured funding to support our work to preserve heritage skills 🥳

This funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Museums Galleries Scotland will help us preserve and pass on vital skills linked to transport heritage, conservation and restoration. We aim to ensure this knowledge can continue to support owners to keep their vehicles on the road, and engage young enthusiasts - this project is all about keeping heritage alive, active and accessible.

Our new workspace, tool library, skills workshops and online skills repository will be announced in the coming weeks, along with a new role in our team for a Mechanic.

Find out more about our plans here: https://buff.ly/GJ2ewEf

We would love to hear from you. What would you like to see us offer as part of this project? What tools would you want to borrow from our Tool Library? What skills would you like to learn? Who should we be speaking to that has critical skills at risk of being lost?

The project has secured the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Museums Galleries Scotland. This crucial funding from the Heritage Fund and…

25/05/2026

Calling all foodies! 📣

Do you know a local food, drink or produce supplier that might be interested in joining us at Best of Grampian on 21st June?

Tag them in the comments, or slide into our DMs - we’d love to hear from you.

25/05/2026

We're open as normal this Bank Holiday Monday, 10am-5pm!

Grampian Transport Museum is proud to be a self-funding, independent charity and your visits support us to keep the wheels turning - we couldn't do it without you.

Find out more about visiting us on the link in the comments ⬇️

19/05/2026

Have you heard the good news? 📰 Best of Grampian is back for 2026!

Join us on 21st June for the return of Best of Grampian, where we celebrate the best food, drink and produce suppliers the North East has to offer. With many of your favourite stallholders making a return this year, it promises to be one of the best yet.

🎫 FREE to enter, but donations to the museum charity gratefully accepted
⏰ 21st June (11am-3pm)

If you are a food, drink or produce supplier that would like to come along, slide into our DMs for more info!

18/05/2026

It's time for our first Rides Day of 2026! 📯

Join us on Saturday 23rd May from 1pm-3pm for rides in some of your favourite vehicles from the museum collection, included with museum admission on the day 🚙

The sun is meant to be shining, what better way to spend an afternoon? ☀️

As a self-funding, independent charity, we rely on your support and visits to keep the wheels turning.

Pre-book your visit on our website to avoid queues on the day: www.gtm.org.uk

Grampian Transport Museum is an independent museum and charity in the heart of Alford, Aberdeenshire. With an ever-evolving collection to discover, we've…

07/05/2026

It’s almost time for our brand new event, Retro Revival!

Celebrating vehicles that might have been the first car you had, the car your parents drove, or parked on the driveway next door - we want to see it! 🚗

🗓️ 10th May 2026
⏰ 11am-4pm
🎟️ available on the gate, on the day vehicle entries are welcome too (must be on-site before 10.45am)

Enter your vehicle now on our website or find out more about the event: https://buff.ly/yIfFZDG

05/05/2026

New events announced for the 2026 calendar! 🥳

Join us for 2 new additions...
📌 Perk and Ride: Summer Nights
📌 Motorcycle Muster

Did we mention they are free to enter and attend for everyone?

29/04/2026

The Hilux is living the hi-life! 🛻

This week, the Indestructible Toyota Hilux is away on a weekend break to an event in England with some of our team… can you guess where?

Put your guesses in the comments ⬇️

28/04/2026

ICYMI: celebrating vehicles that might have been the first car you had, the car your parents drove, or parked on the driveway next door - we want to see it at our brand new event, Retro Revival! 🚗

From the Austin Metro to the Vauxhall Vectra, BMW M5 to the Toyota MR2 - you are very welcome at our new fundraising event for the museum.

🗓️ 10th May 2026

Enter your vehicle now on our website: https://buff.ly/yIfFZDG

27/04/2026

Do you remember the Aberdeen trams? 🚃

From time to time, GTM will receive a donation of photographs which turn out to be more interesting than they first appear.

A series of little photographs of the burning of the Aberdeen trams are a sad, but interesting reminder of the end of an era in Aberdeen. However, one, when digitised, revealed the number of the tram being burned! A quick trawl through our archives revealed said tram going about its business about 5 years earlier on Beechcroft Terrace. We even have the waste ticket basket from that tram!

The photos were taken by the donors father who had said that lots of people rushed down to the beach when then realised what was happening. The police were trying to stop people from rescuing items from the trams, but he managed to escape with a destination board stuffed down his trouser leg!