{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox museum | name = Prickwillow Museum | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Prickwillow_engine_museum_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1556028.jpg | caption = The front of Prickwillow Museum by the River Lark | alt = | map_type = United Kingdom Cambridgeshire | map_caption = The location of Prickwillow Museum within Cambridgeshire | map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|52.415|0.340|display=inline}} | established = | dissolved = | location = Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, UK | type = Technology museum | collection = | visitors = | director = | president = | curator = | publictransit = | network = | website = {{URL|Prickwillowmuseum.com}} }} 250px|thumb|Prickwillow Museum '''Prickwillow Museum''',<ref>[http://www.prickwillowmuseum.com/ Prickwillow Museum] - official site</ref> formerly known as the '''Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum''', tells the story of the changing face of the Fens and its network of drainage systems and pumping stations. The museum is housed in the old pumping station in Prickwillow, {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} east of the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prickwillow Museum|url=http://www.fensmuseums.org.uk/page_id__89.aspx|publisher=Fens Museum Partnership|accessdate=22 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://ousewashes.org.uk/ouse-news/fascinating-films-showing-prickwillow-museum-engines-in-action/ Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership - Prickwillow Museum]</ref>
The museum contains a major collection of large diesel pumping engines which have all been restored to working order. 250px|thumb|Mirrlees Pumping Engine in Prickwillow Museum Prickwillow Museum is funded and run by the Prickwillow Engine Trust, a registered charity, and has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership.
For one weekend in the early autumn every year the museum hosts the Prickwillow ploughing festival.
==See also== ===Other land drainage engines that are now preserved as museums=== *Stretham Old Engine *Dogdyke Pumping Station *Wicken Fen *Cambridge Museum of Technology
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==External links== * [http://www.prickwillowmuseum.com Prickwillow Museum] - official site * [http://ousewashes.org.uk/ Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership]
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Category:Museums in Cambridgeshire Category:Local museums in Cambridgeshire Category:Technology museums in the United Kingdom Category:Industry museums in England Category:Former pumping stations Category:Buildings and structures in Cambridgeshire Category:Tourist attractions in Cambridgeshire Category:Industrial archaeological sites in England