List of steam museums
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See also: List of steam fairs, events where steam engines, particularly traction engine
Traction engine
A traction engine is a self-propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the Latin tractus, meaning 'drawn', since the prime function of any traction engine is to draw a load behind it...

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There are many steam museums around the world.

Australia
  • Powerhouse Museum
    Powerhouse Museum
    The Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney, the other being the historic Sydney Observatory...

     in Sydney
    Sydney
    Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...


Canada
  • Ontario Agricultural Museum
    Ontario Agricultural Museum
    The Country Heritage Park is located next to Highway 401 and the Niagara Escarpment in Milton, Ontario, Canada, and recreates rural life in the 19th century in Ontario...

     in Milton, Ontario
    Milton, Ontario
    Milton is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area. Milton received a tremendous amount of awareness following the release of the results of the 2006 Census, which indicated that Milton is the fastest growing municipality in the Greater Golden...

  • Steam Era
    Steam Era
    Steam Era is a festival held every Labour Day Weekend in the Town of Milton, Ontario featuring historic steam tractors....

     in Milton, Ontario

UK
  • Bolton Steam Museum
    Bolton Steam Museum
    Bolton Steam Museum is a museum in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which houses a variety of preserved steam engines. It is owned and run by the Northern Mill Engine Society .-Overview:...

  • Bressingham Steam and Gardens - Gardens, Steam railways and museum of steam vehicles
  • Crofton Beam Engines 
  • Hollycombe Steam Collection
    Hollycombe Steam Collection
    The Hollycombe Steam Collection is a collection of steam-powered vehicles, rides and attractions based near Liphook in Hampshire. The collection includes fairground rides, a display farm and two railways.- History :...

  • Kempton Park Steam Engines
    Kempton Park Steam Engines
    The Kempton Park Steam Engines are two large triple-expansion steam engines, dating from 1926–1929, at the Kempton Park waterworks, Middlesex, London. Each engine is of a similar size to that used in RMS Titanic and rated at about 1008 hp...

  • Kew Bridge Steam Museum
    Kew Bridge Steam Museum
    Kew Bridge Steam Museum houses a museum of water supply and a collection of water pumping steam engines. The museum is an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage...


US
  • Connecticut Antique Machinery Association Kent, Connecticut
    Kent, Connecticut
    Kent is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, alongside the border with New York. The population was 2,858 at the 2000 census. The town is home to three New England boarding schools: South Kent School, Kent School and The Marvelwood School. The Schaghticoke Indian Reservation is also located...

  • The New England Wireless and Steam Museum
    New England Wireless and Steam Museum
    The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum at 1300 Frenchtown Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island with a working steam engines and an early wireless station and technology archives....

     East Greenwich, Rhode Island
    East Greenwich, Rhode Island
    East Greenwich is a town in and the county seat of Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 13,146 at the 2010 census. East Greenwich is the wealthiest municipality within the state of Rhode Island....

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