Association of British Transport and Engineering Museums

The Association of British Transport & Engineering Museums (ABTEM) is a network which exists to provide a forum for the discussion of matters of common interest to transport and engineering museums and to provide a means of representing their views on issues of national and regional concern. It was formed as the Association of British Transport Museums in 1962 and broadened its scope in 1989 by opening membership to museums having engineering exhibits, but not necessarily a transport collection. Membership of ABTEM currently numbers around 70, a mixture of institutional members including the National Railway Museum, National Tramway Museum, SS Great Britain, London Transport Museum and individual members with involvement in the sector. Following the award of a Subject Specialist network grant by Arts Council in 2012 the association became the SSN for the transport and engineering sector.