Pallot Steam, Motor & General Museum
Privately run museum in Trinity with steam engines, farm machinery, vintage vehicles, organs and a Victorian-style station with railway rolling stock.
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About the museum
The museum was founded by Lyndon Charles “Don” Pallot, a well-known Jersey character, who set up a trust in 1985 to preserve steam engines, farm machinery, vehicles and other items permanently. It is managed by the L C Pallot Trust, whose trustees are Don Pallot’s surviving sons and daughters. The museum opened to the public in 1990 in older adjacent buildings.
An Engine Shed and a Victorian-style station platform followed and were opened on Liberation Day 1996. A large extension to the Engine Shed, completed in 2002, gave the exhibits a brighter and more spacious home, including a church pipe organ and a Compton theatre organ.
The collection covers steam engines, farm and other machinery, motor vehicles, vintage bicycles, a variety of organs and the island’s early tractors, from the Fordson Model F to International Harvester machines of the 1960s sold by L C Pallot Ltd. A full-size railway is part of the museum, with the Belgian-built tank locomotive La Meuse of 1931, brought to Jersey in 1987, and North London Railway coaches. The museum is financed by admission charges, souvenir sales, donations and fayres held in May and in the autumn.
Highlights
- Steam engines, farm machinery and early tractors
- Motor vehicles, vintage bicycles and a variety of organs
- Church pipe organ and Compton theatre organ
- Victorian-style station platform with locomotive La Meuse and North London Railway coaches
- Museum run by a family trust
Permanent exhibitions
- Steam, motor and general collection – Steam and farm machinery, motor vehicles, vintage bicycles, tractors and organs displayed in the Engine Shed.
- Railway locomotives and carriages – Full-size railway rolling stock on a Victorian-style station platform, including the locomotive La Meuse and North London Railway coaches.
- Founded
- 1990
- Operated by
- L C Pallot Trust
Admission & discounts
| Adults | £12 |
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| Reduced | £10Senior citizens |
| Children & teens | £3free up to age 4 |
| Seniors | £10 |
Children under 5 enter free. A season ticket is available. Payment by cash, credit or debit card.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The museum describes itself as wheelchair friendly.
Kids & families
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 4 |
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Children pay £3 and children under 5 enter free; the museum describes its collection as a great day out for all the family.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Rue du Bechet
The No. 5 bus to the stop at Rue du Bechet, followed by a half-mile walk, or the No. 4 bus to the stop at Les Ifs, Augrès, followed by a one-mile walk.
Amenities & dining
- Museum shop
Souvenirs are sold at the museum.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | Special events and fayres are held in May and in the autumn; dates are announced on the museum’s website. |
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