Ford Transition Pop-Up Museum

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Five years after the Ford Transit Assembly Plant in Southampton closed down, the pop-up museum at the Wide Lane redevelopment explores the industrial transformations of this small but historically significant site'.

The exhibition, From Making to Moving, tells this story of the site's transformation from WW2 aircraft manufacture, through the heyday of mass production of the iconic 'white van' Transit, to the current high-tech logistics park.

Told through the voices of the men and women whose stories were captured during oral history interviews in 2013 and in the 2017 Heritage Lottery funded project, Transition: from fields to Ford and beyond, the exhibition brings to life the conditions, atmosphere, camaraderie and banter on a production line.

Housed in shipping containers, the pop-up museum also offers a rare chance to see the last Transit van made in Southampton and signed by all employees in 2013.

Open daily from Tuesday 3 to Monday 9 April at 11am and 1pm. Free entry but booking essential. Family-friendly. All ages welcome.