Eden Camp Museum

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Eden Camp Modern History Museum is a large Second World War-related museum near Malton in North Yorkshire in England.

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It occupies a former Second World War prisoner-of-war camp of 33 huts. After the prisoners left, the camp was used for storage and then abandoned. Its grounds then became overgrown. As the museum was being set up, much clearing, as well as repair and renovation of the buildings, was required.

One of its buildings contains three human torpedoes and a "Sleeping Beauty" Motorised Submersible Canoe.The museum has fully restored a Super Sherman (M50) to its original working classic, amongst many other military vehicles which are now on display in the Heritage Hall - a new purpose built events and exhibition centre.

The museum also has a reproduction V1.

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  1. Whittaker, Adam (19 November 2021). "Technically Creative to modernise classic UK attraction, Eden Camp". Blooloop. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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