Collection
The museum houses one of the first tanks developed during World War I by the local firm of William Foster & Co. of Lincoln. The tank, named "Flirt II" is a Mark IV Female.
The museum also has exhibits featuring recreations of old shops, house interiors along with an extensive collection of early farm machinery, with examples of machines built by local companies, such as the Field Marshall tractor built in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire by Marshall, Sons & Co..
Two early Ruston-Bucyrus excavators are on display in the yard, an RB4 of 1929 and an RB17 of 1937.
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