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National Horseracing Museum
National Horseracing Museum — sports museum in Newmarket, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Newmarket · 0.6 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
National Horseracing Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1622. Wikidata describes it as: "sports museum in Newmarket, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 52.2433°, 0.4050°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Newmarket Heath SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Devil's Dyke SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The National Horseracing Museum (NHRM) is a museum in Newmarket dedicated to the history of horseracing. It covers a 5-acre site on Palace Street in the centre of the town, having previously been housed in the Jockey Club Rooms on Newmarket High Street. Together with the British Sporting Art Trust and Retraining of Racehorses, it is part of the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art and was opened by Elizabeth II in 2016. The site includes Palace House, which is all that remains of Newmarket Palace.
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Background
History
When the Subscription Rooms of the Jockey Club closed in 1981, Jockey Club handicapper Major David Swannell decided it would be the ideal place to set up a national horseracing museum. The museum was opened on 30 April 1983 by Elizabeth II. A statue of 1933 Epsom Derby winner Hyperion stood in the entrance to the museum on Newmarket High Street. In 2016 the National Horseracing Museum, together with the British Sporting Art Trust and Retraining of Racehorses, moved to their current premises in Palace Street. The three charities combined to form the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art, which was opened by Elizabeth II on 3 November 2016. The new owners let the buildings…
Description
Palace House, the only remaining part of the palace of Charles II, is home to the Fred Packard Museum and Galleries of British Sporting Art, as well as the offices of the British Sporting Art Trust. Equine artists represented in the collection include George Stubbs, Sir Alfred Munnings and Lucy Kemp-Welch. As well as paintings, the galleries display prints, sculpture, and everyday objects.
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- Coordinates
- 52.2433, 0.4050
- County
- Suffolk
- District
- West Suffolk
- Parish
- Newmarket
- Postcode
- CB8 8JL
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Suffolk
- Established
- 1622
- Nearest railway station
- Newmarket — 0.6 km
- Official site
- www.nhrm.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q6973405 (CC0)
- wikipedia: National Horseracing Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The National Horseracing Museum - geograph.org.uk - 1192984.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is National Horseracing Museum?
- National Horseracing Museum is in Suffolk, London, United Kingdom (postcode CB8 8JL), in the parish of Newmarket.
- When was National Horseracing Museum built?
- Built or established in 1622.
- Is National Horseracing Museum a protected site?
- Yes — National Horseracing Museum is part of the Newmarket Heath SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Devil's Dyke SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to National Horseracing Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Newmarket, about 0.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CB8 8JL.
- How busy is National Horseracing Museum?
- National Horseracing Museum draws around 18,601 visitors a year.