Museums · West Midlands
British Motor Museum
British Motor Museum — transport museum in Gaydon, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
British Motor Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1990. Address: CV35 0BJ. Wikidata describes it as: "transport museum in Gaydon, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 52.1887°, -1.4806°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England holds the world's largest collection of historic British cars, with over 300 cars on display from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust and the Jaguar Heritage Trust.
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Background
History
The creation of the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BL) in 1968 saw the bringing together of multiple motor vehicle companies and marques (Austin, Jaguar, Morris, MG, Riley, Rover, Standard Triumph, and Wolseley). With many of the companies having their own collections of historic vehicles, in 1975 a centralised Leyland Historic Vehicles department was created to manage these. The trust's complete collection, which included more than 25 vehicles, was relocated to the new centre. In 2015, the museum was temporarily closed for a £1.1 million refurbishment and rebranding to take place. Additionally, a new £4 million two-storey Collection Centre was built to house the reserve collection of…
Description
In 2024, as part of International Women's Day, the British Motor Museum launched an exhibition called "The Women Who Made Their Marque". The exhibition celebrates of women who have contributed to Jaguar and the other marques associated with the brand. Some of the women featured included:
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- Coordinates
- 52.1887, -1.4806
- County
- Warwickshire
- District
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Parish
- Gaydon
- Postcode
- CV35 0BJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam
- Established
- 1990
- Official site
- www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5738949 (CC0)
- wikipedia: British Motor Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: GaydonMHC.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is British Motor Museum?
- British Motor Museum is in Warwickshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode CV35 0BJ), in the parish of Gaydon.
- When was British Motor Museum built?
- Built or established in 1990.
- How do I get to British Motor Museum?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CV35 0BJ. It sits within the Kenilworth and Southam parliamentary constituency.