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The original National Waterways Museum at Gloucester, now known as Gloucester Waterways Museum, is housed in a Victorian warehouse at Gloucester Docks, in the city of Gloucester.

It has a collection of boats including narrowboats, river barges, canal and river tugs, and a steam powered dredger.

There is also a steam crane and heavy oil engine in the setting of a canal repair yard, complete with working machine shop, forge and weighbridge, and a hydraulic accumulator.

The museum uses modern interactive techniques and hands on exhibits.

In the Summer of 2010 the Gloucester site lost its national status and was renamed the ' Gloucester Waterways Museum.