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By 2000, work was required to refurbish the roof which was leaking badly in many places. On 23 May 2001 the Heritage Lottery Fund agreed to meet 75% of the project costs (see below).<ref>SVR News 136</ref> The rest of the year was spent in negotiations with the Lottery Fund on the conditions to be met, with the work not beginning until 2002. At some time around the late 1940s, the outside canopies on the front of the building had been removed and a trap door with an electric hoist put in the upper floor on the station side. The upper loading doors which were no longer needed were subsequently bricked up giving the building a rather plain external appearance. The eventual plans for the museum roof included rebuilding the canopies in their original form and restoring the upper floor openings on the station side of the building.<ref>SVR News 138</ref>
The museum was closed for much of 2020 due to the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic| COVID-19 pandemic]]. It reopened in August 2020, although still at that time unable to host meetings and similar events.
Kidderminster Railway Museum has a small buffet, and also sells new and second-hand books. Since 2022 it has also hosted the [[Stanier Mogul Fund sales stand]], which was displaced from the concourse at Kidderminster.
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As an unconnected enterprise, the SVR's own 'museum', [[The Engine House]] at Highley displays a collection of larger items such as locomotives and rolling stock.
The nursery in the car park approach road opposite the museum building closed after the pandemic. The museum decided to take over the building and to develop it as an archive and research centre, as well as providing additional meeting space which can be let out.
==Proposed future development==
In 2021 the trustees had plans drawn for a proposed extension to the museum building, to submit for planning permission.<ref>email from David Postle "Film Shows at KRM", 27 November 2021</ref> There is however no record of such a subsequent application with Wyre Forest District Council.
==Grants==
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==KRM Publishing==
The imprint '''KRM Publishing''' publishes railway titles. A possibly incomplete list is:
*''The Hereford Hay and Brecon Branch'' by William H Smith (2008). ISBN 10: 0953477541ISBN 13: 9780953477548
*''Birmingham Moor Street Station: A Century of Enterprise'' by Ian Baxter and Richard Harper (2010). ISBN 10: 0953477592ISBN 13: 9780953477593
*''Transition'' by Colin T Gifford (2018). ISBN 10: 1916400108 ISBN 13: 9781916400108
*''Any Colour You Like: so long as it's blue'' by Richard Harper (2019). ISBN 9781916400115
*''Caledonian Railway Miscellany'' by Michael V E Dunn (2023). ISBN 978 916400122
==Events==
*9-24 June 2018 - Gerald Broom GRA exhibition of paintings.
*4-19 August 2018 - an exhibition of photographs to commemorate 50 years since the 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]] were on display with public access to the footplates.
*19 May 2019 Colin Gifford launched his new book ''Transition'', compiled and published in conjunction with Kidderminster Railway Museum and KRM Publishing (ISBN 978 1 9164001 0 8see above) The museum was closed for much of 2020 due to the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic| COVID-19 pandemic]]. It reopened in August 2020, although still unable to host meetings and similar events.
===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] (Retrieved 6 January 2018]</ref> *17 August - to 29 September 2019*9 April to 1 May and 20 August — 2 October 2022*19 August to 24 September 2023
The 2020 event was cancelled and the 2021 event delayed to spring 2022 due to the [[2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic]]. Kidderminster Railway Museum has a small buffet, and also sells new and second-hand books.<gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left">File:Kidderminster Railway Museum - DSCF0844.JPG | Interior view (Wikimedia Commons)</gallery> As an unconnected enterprise, the SVR's own 'museum', [[The Engine House]] at Highley displays a collection of larger items such as locomotives and rolling stock.
==See also==
