Below photo by Andy Connolly.
The British Motor Museum in Gaydon Warwickshire holds the largest collection of British cars in the world. The Museum was opened in 1993 but its story goes back to the 1970's. It was during this time that the British Leyland Motor Corporation was formed. Their job was to maintain and preserve British Leyland's collection of historic cars. In 1979, the company became BL Heritage Trust Limited and set up its headquarters in Studley , Warwickshire. During the 1980's, closer ties were made with other British manufacturers. In 1981 a Museum was opened in Syon Park near London that exhibited 100 cars of the BL Heritage Trust collection. In 1983, the collection was given charitable status and it's name was changed to the British Motor History Heritage Trust. By the end of the 1980's, the collection had grown to such a size that a new museum was needed. The new museum was designed in 1991 and opened in 1993 on the former RAF Gaydon airfield in Warwickshire. As well as the cars exhibited, the museum contains an archive of over 2 million photo's, brochures, documents and technical drawings. The museum also has conferencing, educational and dining facilities. Over the following years the museum has had several different owners that have allowed the museum's collection to expand. It now exhibits nearly 300 cars. In November 2015 after a £1.1 million refurbishment the museum changed it's name from the Heritage Motor Centre to the British Motor Museum. As a part of this refurbishment the Collections Centre was also opened. This is a reserve collection of rare sports cars and prototypes. It also has the worlds largest public collection of Jaguars and Daimlers. I did not have time to have a look around this but I will on my next visit.
If you like cars, I would recommend a visit. You will see every kind of car from Britain's motor industry. For further information on the museum, please visit:
https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/
Below are photo's I took at the museum.
