Newport Railway Museum
Discover over 150 years of Victoria's rich railway history at the Newport Railway Museum
August 2026 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 1 August 2026 and Saturday 29 August 2026
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. This month, we are open every Saturday, as well as Sunday 16 August, when we open in conjunction with the running of the nearby Williamstown Craft Market and Altona Miniature Railway. We open from 12 noon to 5 pm each day.
The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
September 2026 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 5 September 2026 and Sunday 27 September 2026
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. This month, we are open every Saturday, as well as Sunday 20 September and Sunday 27 September. We open from 12 noon to 5 pm each day.
Note that our 20 September opening coincides with the the running of the nearby Williamstown Craft Market and Altona Miniature Railway.
The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
July 2026 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 4 July 2026 and Saturday 25 July 2026
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. This month, we are open every Saturday, as well as Sunday 5 July, Sunday 12 July and Sunday 19 July. We open from 12 noon to 5 pm on each of these days.
The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
June 2026 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 6 June 2026 and Sunday 28 June 2026
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon (or evening!) discovering Victoria's rich railway history.
This month, we are open every Saturday, as well as Sunday 21 June AND Sunday 28 June. We open from 12 noon to 5 pm on each of these days.
And as a special attraction, we are also open until 7 pm on the evening of Saturday 27 June to allow our visitors to enjoy seeing the museum at dusk and into nightfall. Please note - being winter, we do recommend you dress warmly for that evening. Our 27 June opening will also feature a second-hand book sale earlier in the day (12:30pm to 5pm) with a great selection of high-quality second-hand railway books for sale at great prices.
NB: The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
Shine a light: Railway Museum night tour
Saturday 27 June 2026
Coinciding with our special evening opening of the museum for Saturday 27 June, we are also offering a guided tour to take in a number of the museum exhibits at night and look at how lighting systems for locomotives, signals, level crossings and stations worked in the past. The tour will visit several of our exhibits specially lit for the occasion, and is expected to take around 40 to 45 minutes.
Our 6pm tour has already booked out, so we have also scheduled an earlier 5:15pm tour.
While the tours will run at 5:15pm and 6pm, You are welcome to arrive well before the start time of the tour and enjoy wandering around the museum and looking at the various exhibits at your own pace.
Numbers for the guided tour are limited and bookings are essential.
This is a night tour in winter, so please ensure you have dressed warmly for the occasion!
NB: For those who simply want to wander around the museum during the evening without taking a guided tour, the museum will also be open for the usual self-guided tours from 12 noon to 7pm. If this sounds more to your liking, you can simply turn up to the museum and purchase our normal admission tickets at the front counter when you arrive, or pre-book on Trybooking via our 'June 2026 at Newport Railway Museum' event page at https://www.trybooking.com/DMMYG
Newport Railway Museum
May 2026 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 2 May 2026 and Saturday 30 May 2026
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. This month, we are open every Saturday, as well as Sunday 17 May AND Sunday 24 May. We open from 12 noon to 5 pm on each of these days, except for Sunday 24 May when we will open at 12 noon and close at 4 pm.
The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
April 2026 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 4 April 2026 and Saturday 25 April 2026
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. This month, we are open every Saturday, as well as Sunday 5, Sunday 12, and Sunday 19 April. We open from 12 noon to 5 pm on each of these days.
The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
March 2026 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 14 March 2026 and Saturday 28 March 2026
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. This month, our normal public opening days are Saturday 14, Sunday 15, Saturday 21 and Saturday 28 March.
PLEASE NOTE: It is not possible to book museum tickets for the Labour Day long weekend (Saturday 7 March to Monday 9 March). On that weekend, we are co-hosting the Newport Workshops Open Days with Steamrail VIctoria, Bookings for that weekend can be made at: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1512922
For those wishing to purchase tickets to our regular opening days from Saturday 14 March onwards, you can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
February 2026 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 7 February 2026 and Saturday 28 February 2026
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday, as well as Sunday 15 Feburary.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
January 2026 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 3 January 2026 and Saturday 31 January 2026
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday AND every Sunday in January, as part of our summer holiday opening hours.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
December 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 6 December 2025 and Sunday 28 December 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 21 and Sunday 28 December.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
November 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 1 November 2025 and Saturday 29 November 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 16 November.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
October 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 4 October 2025 and Saturday 25 October 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 5 and Sunday 19 September.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
September 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 6 September 2025 and Sunday 28 September 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 21 and Sunday 28 September.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
August 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 2 August 2025 and Saturday 30 August 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 17 August.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
July 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 5 July 2025 and Saturday 26 July 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 6, Sunday 13 and Sunday 20 July.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
June 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 7 June 2025 and Saturday 28 June 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 15 June.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
May 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 3 May 2025 and Saturday 31 May 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 18 May.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
April 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 5 April 2025 and Saturday 26 April 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as the first three Sundays of the month.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
March 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 1 March 2025 and Saturday 29 March 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 16 March.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
February 2025 at Newport Railway Museum
Between Saturday 1 February 2025 and Saturday 22 February 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 16 February.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
Weekends in January
Between Saturday 4 January 2025 and Sunday 26 January 2025
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday AND every Sunday this month.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
Weekends in December
Between Saturday 7 December 2024 and Sunday 29 December 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, and selected Sundays from late December and through January.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
Saturdays in November
Between Saturday 2 November 2024 and Saturday 30 November 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
Weekends in October
Between Saturday 5 October 2024 and Saturday 26 October 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 6 October.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
Weekends in September
Between Saturday 7 September 2024 and Sunday 29 September 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month, as well as Sunday 22 and Sunday 29 September.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
Weekends in August
Between Saturday 3 August 2024 and Saturday 31 August 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday this month.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
Weekends in July
Between Saturday 6 July 2024 and Saturday 27 July 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history. We're opening every Saturday during July, as well as Sunday 7 and 14 July.
As a special event, we are also having an evening opening on Saturday 6 July to allow visitors to see the museum at night.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish, up to closing time.
Newport Railway Museum
Saturdays/weekends in June
Between Saturday 1 June 2024 and Sunday 30 June 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish.
Newport Railway Museum
Saturdays in May
Between Saturday 4 May 2024 and Saturday 25 May 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish.
Newport Railway Museum
Weekends in April
Between Saturday 6 April 2024 and Saturday 27 April 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish.
Newport Railway Museum
Weekends in March
Between Saturday 2 March 2024 and Sunday 31 March 2024
Join us at the Railway Museum for a delightful afternoon discovering Victoria's rich railway history.
You can conveniently book your tickets online here. The two hour session time is a suggested duration; you're welcome to stay longer if you wish.
PLEASE NOTE: there are no online bookings for the Labour Day long weekend (9 to 11 March) as the museum will be participating in the Newport Railway Workshops Open Days event, organised by our friends at Steamrail Victoria. For further details, and to book your tickets for that event, please visit https://www.steamrail.com.au/opendays
Newport Railway Museum