National Railway Museum
- Venue Type: Out of the ordinary
- Setting: City/town Centre
- Meeting Rooms: 8
- Car Parking: Onsite parking
Contact Details
- Address: Leeman Road, York, YO26 4XJ,
- Telephone: 01904 686219
- Fax: 01904 686228
- Contact: Miss Rachel Fox, Corporate Events Manager
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About the Venue
The perfect platform for corporate events, conferences and special occasions.
Unique and distinctive, the National Railway Museum offers a diversity of settings
and facilities. Whatever the event you can be sure that the National Railway Museum
is perfect platform.
It’s all about the presentation…
The museum’s conference centre offers a choice of rooms and settings for any
meeting, presentation, seminar or exhibition. All meeting rooms are equipped with
the latest technology, air conditioning and natural daylight.
NEW FOR 2007 – The Norwich Union Yorkshire Wheel delegate package
NEW FOR 2007 – National Railway Museum team-building delegate package
NEW FOR 2007 – Four new flexible meeting rooms, seating up to 160
More than entertaining….
An awesome display of locomotives and carriages offer a unique backdrop for lunches,
dinners, awards ceremonies, launches and receptions for up to 800 guests.
NEW FOR 2007 – The Norwich Union Yorkshire Wheel private hire/ reception package
Rooms
For further information on each room, including accessibility information, please follow the links on the rooms below.
| Room | Dimensions | Maximum Capacity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | Length | Width | Height | Theatre | Classroom | Reception | Boardroom | Banquet | |
| Station Hall | 800 | 800 | 800 | ||||||
| Great Hall | 400 | 800 | 800 | ||||||
| Walker Suite | 125m² (1346ft²) | 12m (40ft) | 10m (33ft) | 3m (10ft) | 120 | 36 | 140 | 40 | 60 |
| Allport Room | 35m² (377ft²) | 7m (23ft) | 5m (17ft) | 3m (10ft) | 25 | 18 | 18 | ||
| Gibb Theatre | 77m² (829ft²) | 11m (37ft) | 7m (23ft) | 4m (14ft) | 78 | ||||
| Search Engine Conference Suite (open Autumn 2007) | 165m² (1777ft²) | 15m (50ft) | 11m (37ft) | 3m (10ft) | 160 | 40 | 160 | 50 | 70 |
| Search Engine Conference Room 1 | 24m² (259ft²) | 6m (20ft) | 4m (14ft) | 3m (10ft) | 25 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 20 |
| Search Engine Conference Room 2 | 24m² (259ft²) | 6m (20ft) | 4m (14ft) | 3m (10ft) | 25 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 20 |
| Search Engine Conference Room 3 | 24m² (259ft²) | 6m (20ft) | 4m (14ft) | 3m (10ft) | 25 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 20 |
| Search Engine Conference Room 4 | 24m² (259ft²) | 6m (20ft) | 4m (14ft) | 3m (10ft) | 25 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 20 |
Facilities
Own Grounds, Overhead Projector, Slide Projector, Wireless Internet Access, Multimedia Projector, Internet AccessRatings
Directions
Nearest main road:
Leeman Road
Directions from this road:
The Museum is signposted from York’s ring road for those travelling by car.
Nearest bus or rail station:
The Museum is just 540 metres from York Railway Station.
