The Ballarat Tramway Museum is an operating tramway museum, located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The museum is run by volunteers and has a fleet of trams which operate on part of the original horse tramway around Lake Wendouree and the Botanical Gardens. It has a large research collection, archive of information and more than 3,500 items about the Ballarat tramways. The trams in Ballarat operated on a large network through the city from 1887 until 1971. The first group to work on saving part of the historic tramway was the Lake Wendouree Tramway Museum Committee which in May 1971 began negotiating with the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC) who was the operator of the trams.: 41 The Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society was also formed in 1971 to start, and run, an authentic tramway.: 44 In 1978 the society was incorporated, as the Ballarat Tourist Tramway.: 14 It was renamed the Ballarat Vintage Tramway in 1981.: 14 In 1995 they changed the name to the Ballarat Tram Museum Inc.: 51 More information...
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