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Past, present and future
The Museum of Transport originally started life in the building that now houses The Tramway Theatre in Albert Drive on Glasgow's south side in 1964. It moved to its present site at the Kelvin Hall in 1987 following the opening of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in 1985, which provided an alternative venue for events that were once staged in the Kelvin Hall. The museum will once again be on the move once the new riverside museum has been completed on a reclaimed brownfield and infilled quayside at Yorkhill Quay.
The museum is one of the most popular in the UK attracting over half a million visitors each year and houses some important and unique exhibits of transport and Scottish heritage. The oldest surviving pedal cycle can be seen as well as some Scottish-built cars including Argyll, Arrol Johnson and Albion. The Clyde Room displays models of many of the ships built on the Clyde such as the QE2 and more utilitarian vessels such as the ferries which crossed the Clyde and the dredgers that deepened it, both enabling the city to thrive.
As well as building ships, Glasgow was also renown for building steam trains that were sent all over the world. Mountain Class Locomotive number 3007 recently returned from South Africa with a view to its restoration and housing at the new riverside Museum of Transport. 3007 was built in 1945 by the North British Locomotive Company at Polmadie before emigrating to South Africa pulling passenger trains; including the renowned Blue Train from Johannesburg to Cape Town.
