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==Events==
The museum arranges a regular programme of films, with guest presenters showing historic railway transport films. It operates signalling weekends using its large collection of signalling equipment for basic tuition before participants go on to work in one of the SVR's signal boxes when steam trains are running. Other events include railway photograph fairs and "Photographs on the road". The museum also hosts meetings of groups associated with the SVR. Exhibitions are also held and include an incomplete l;isting is below: ===Planned===*4-19 August 2018 - an exhibition of photographs to commemorate 50 years since the following held or planned:end of scheduled steam services on British Railways. In addition on 4-5 August out of service locomotives [[LMS Stanier Class 5 45110]] and [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773]] will be on display with public access to the footplates. ===Held===
*6-15 June 2015 - exhibition of signalling
*9 to -24 June 2018 - Gerald Broom GRA exhibition of paintings.*4 to 19 August 2018 - an exhibition of photographs to commemorate 50 years since the end of scheduled steam services on British Railways.
===Railart===
The Guild of Railway Artists stages its annual (previously biennial) art exhibition at Kidderminster Railway Museum. Frank Hodges, chief executive officer of the Guild was reported by the Kidderminster Shuttle in 2014: "The Guild looks upon the museum as its home venue having exhibited some ten times since its first event there in 1994.”<ref>[http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/11433197.Railway_art_comes_to_Kidderminster/ Kidderminster Shuttle 27 August 2014] (retrieved 27 December 2016)</ref> Further exhibitions were held or planned as follows:
*27 August to -2 October 2016*26 August to -1 October 2017.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3712 Unofficial SVR Forum] (retrieved 27 December 2016)</ref><ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/rail-art-2016 SVRLive] (retrieved 26 August 017)</ref>*25 August to -30 September 2018<ref>[http://www.krm.org.uk/ KRM website] (retrived 6 January 2018]</ref>
Kidderminster Railway Museum has a small buffet, and also sells new and second-hand books.
