British Motor Museums
Museums
Use this page to browse the many museums in this collection.
| A.R.E Motorcycle Collection, Isle of Man | Located in Kirk Michael on the west coast of the Island this is an exemplary private collection of v... |
| Abbey Pumping Station | Abbey Pumping Station is Leicester's Museum of Science and Technology, displaying Leicester's indust... |
| Aerospace Bristol | Aerospace Bristol is opening on 17 October. It follows a £4.7million National Lottery grant to... |
| Aldridge Transport Museum | Aldridge Transport Museum Displaying the legacy of road transport in the West Midlands which embrac... |
| Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre | A 36 acre open air museum, next to Amberley railway station dedicated to the industrial heritage of ... |
| Anglesey Transport Museum | Tacla Taid, the Anglesey Transport and Agriculture Museum, is the largest of its kind in Wales. It h... |
| Anson Engine Museum | A museum of engines, including the Crossley archive. This unusual and fascinating museum used to be ... |
| Aston Martin Heritage Trust | A charitable trust which usually has several cars on display and much archive material. The Aston M... |
| Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum | The museum has over 100 exhibits. They also do Wedding Car Hire.... |
| Battlesbridge Motor Cycle Museum | This little museum evokes an ambience of motor cycling through the ages with assorted memorabilia sc... |
| Beamish Museum | The North Country’s Premier Heritage Museum with a number of trams on which you are able to ta... |
| Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum | Bentley Motor Museum closed in November 2018. Bentley Miniature Railway continues to open on selecte... |
| Bexhill Museum | The Technology Collection is devoted to celebrating Bexhill’s role as the birth place of Briti... |
| Bicton Gardens | Bicton Gardens, near Exmouth, is an attraction in its own right but in 2012 added the Reg Imray moto... |
| Biggar Albion Archive | www.albion-trust.org.uk/ Biggar Albion Museum / Workshop / Store The museum at North Back Road (... |
| Black Country Living Museum | Black Country Living Museum is an award-winning open air museum that tells the story of one of the v... |
| Bo’ness Motor Museum | Bo’ness Motor Museum between Edinburgh and Glasgow has a collection of some 20 vehicles rangin... |
| Bradford Industrial Museum | Bradford's Industrial Museum has permanent displays of textile machinery, steam power, engineering, ... |
| Bressingham Steam & Gardens | Dad's Army Bressingham has been the official home to the Dads Army Appreciation Society's collectio... |
| British Commercial Vehicle Museum | The Museum was part of the huge Leyland Motors factory. Spectacularly displayed are over 60 vehicles... |
| British Motor Museum | The British Motor Museum is home to the world's largest collection of British Cars of over 400 cars.... |
| British Postal Museum | The Postal Museum will reopen on 29th October 2020. The Museum has a few vehicular exhibits as well ... |
| Brooklands Museum | Birthplace of British Motor Sport which houses classic motor cycles and aircraft as well as cars. Ne... |
| Bubblecar Museum | Microcars or bubblecars are a significant part of British motoring history. An alternative to full s... |
| Bugatti Trust | The Bugatti Trust is a Charitable Trust whose objectives are to preserve and make available for stud... |
| Bury Transport Museum | Bury Transport Museum has a collection of exhibits including a wide range of vintage buses, a tram, ... |
| C.M. Booth Collection | This is the C.M. Booth Collection of Morgan 3 Wheelers in Kent... |
| Caister Castle Motor Museum | The Castle is currently home to the largest private collection of motor vehicles in Britain which is... |
| Castle Point Transport Museum ( also known as Canvey Island Transport Museum) | The Museum is open to visits from schools, museums, etc throughout the year .Enter the museum and tr... |
| Castletown D-Day Centre | DORSET'S NEW WW2 VISITOR ATTRACTION... Castletown D-Day Centre is an authentic recreation of the bu... |
| Charles Burrell Museum | This museum, housed in Burrells original paint shop, tells the story of the Charles Burrell Works &n... |
| Cloverlands Model Car Museum | Cloverlands Model Car Museum houses 4000 historic model cars in the Montgomery Institute, Arthur Str... |
| Cold War Jet Collection | STATEMENT RE AVIATION ACTIVITIES AT BRUNTINGTHORPE - Updated 24.07.2020 We confirm that the Aviatio... |
| Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection | Collection of cars, motor cycles and caravans and home of Brum... |
| Coventry Transport Museum | Coventry Transport Museum reopened on 20th June 2015 following a £9.5 million refurbishment wh... |
| Craven Collection of Classic Bikes | A private collection of over 250 motorcycles and a treasure trove of motoring memorabilia. There are... |
| D Day Museum | A real LCVP landing craft is on display, as is a rare Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle (BARV) tank an... |
| David Brown Tractor Museum | The museum is run by the David Brown Tractor Club volunteers. There are 15 to 18 tractors in the Mu... |
| David Coulthard Museum | David’s father has collected memorabilia and cars related to his son’s driving career. T... |
| de Havilland Aircraft Museum | The de Havilland Aircraft Museum is the oldest aviation museum in the UK dedicated to the preservati... |
| Dewsbury Bus Museum | The West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust embraces Dewsbury Bus Museum. Dewsbury Bus Museum is run by a ... |
| Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre | This ever growing Museum has some 45,000 square feet of displays of jaw dropping huge transport vehi... |
| Dover Transport Museum | Dover Transport Museum has a fascinating collection of vintage transport and transport models of all... |
| Dundee Museum of Transport | Dundee Museum of Transport has acquired temporary premises at Market Mews on the corner of Market St... |
| East Anglia Transport Museum | Run as a charity, the museum opens quite a lot from April to September details on their website. It ... |
| Eden War Museum | Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum. Eden Camp ?rst opened to the public in 1987 and have since, w... |
| Ferguson Family Museum | The collection celebrates the life and achievements of Harry Ferguson. It depicts his life and inter... |
| Filching Manor Motor Museum | Filching Manor Motor Museum is part of the Campbell Circuit site. Filching Manor has belonged to the... |
| Flambards Theme Park | Whilst primarily a Family Theme Park there are a few interesting cars and about a dozen motor cycles... |
| Frazer Nash Archives | On display are four famous Frazer Nash cars owned for many years by John Aldington and donated by hi... |
| Glasgow’s Museum of Transport | Transport section of Riverside Museum Free Entry... |
| Glenluce Motor Museum | A collection of vintage and classic cars, motor cycles, memorabilia and an old style garage, it has ... |
| Grampian Transport Museum | “Located in the vibrant village of Alford, just 45 minutes from Aberdeen. The museum is a... |
| Great British Car Journey | Cars aren’t purely for looking at; more than 30 of them can be driven. For an authentic, hands... |
| Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse | Primarily a rural life museum, one car, the Panhard et Levassor, is kept at Panhard et Levassor Moto... |
| Griffin Trust | A small but interesting collection on display sometimes. The Hooton Park site is not open regularly ... |
| Haynes International Motor Museum | Haynes International Motor Museum is home to over 400 cars displayed in eleven halls in a superb new... |
| History on Wheels | Situated in the South East of England, in Eton Wick, close to Eton College and within sight of Winds... |
| Hovercraft Museum | HOVERCRAFT MUSEUM Well, they aren’t motors but they do have a Mini based hovercraft so we are... |
| Hull Streetlife Museum | Hull Streetlife Museum has five galleries, covering bicycles, motor cars, carriages, a Street Scene ... |
| Humber Car Museum | Free entry, the fine collection of Humber cars is kept in a large warehouse with easy wheelchair acc... |
| Imperial War Museum Duxford | Imperial War Museum Duxford houses one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and lar... |
| Ipswich Transport Museum | Ipswich Transport Museum is a collection of over 100 major transport and engineering objects which w... |
| Isle of Man Motor Museum | A purpose built 75,000 sq ft Museum which opened May 2015 houses a great collection of vehicles. Fro... |
| Jaguar Heritage | The Jaguar Heritage Museum which used to be located at their Browns Lane, Coventry, factory has now ... |
| Jim Clark Motorsport Museum | The Jim Clark Motorsport Museum Marking the 54th anniversary of Jim Clark’s historic win at t... |
| Jurby Transport Museum | The Jurby Transport Museum is operated by the Manx Transport Trust Ltd which is a registered charity... |
| Kelham Island Museum | Kelham Island is one of the Sheffield Museum group. Set in a former generating station it displays S... |
| Kilgarvan Motor Museum | Vintage and Classic Cars on display Including: Rolls Royce, Bentley, Alvis, Armstrong Siddeley plus ... |
| Lakeland Motor Museum | Lakeland boasts a fine collection of cars, motor cycles and automobilia in a purpose built location ... |
| Launceston Steam Railway & Museum | Launceston Station is home to a fascinating Transport and Engineering Museum, with a range of items ... |
| Leicester Fire Museum | The Leicester Fire Museum members have not yet achieved a permanent home where they can open their d... |
| Leicester Transport Heritage Trust | The Trust own a number of buses and other vehicles and organise open days on occasion. Their aim is ... |
| Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum | The museum houses a collection of over 65 vintage cars, buses and commercial vehicles staffed by vol... |
| Llangollen Motor Museum | The museum has been described in the visitors book as many things including. • Funny and infor... |
| London Bus Museum | London Bus museum claims to have the largest collection of working historic London buses in the worl... |
| London Fire Brigade Museum | An interesting Museum housed in the London Fire Brigade’s Training Centre. A large display of ... |
| London Motor Museum | Wonderful collection of Classic American cars and special footballers’ cars section. ... |
| London Motorcycle Museum | London's only collection of motor cycles. Some 170 exhibits include the last machine from Triumph's ... |
| London Transport Museum | London Transport Museum collection reflects all aspects of the history of public transport in London... |
| M shed Bristol | Includes a display of Bristol cars, buses and trucks and Vespa scooters Entry to the museum is FREE... |
| Manchester Museum of Road Transport | A good collection of municipal vehicles including coaches, buses and cars. Operated by volunteers ... |
| Manchester Museum of Science & Industry | Part of the Science Museum Group of Britain the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry offers a f... |
| Manx Transport Heritage Museum | An Aladdin’s cave of historic transport memorabilia from around the Isle of Man, including the... |
| Midland Air Museum | Based on the fringe of Coventry Airport and has quite a number of military vehicles on display... |
| Milestones Museum | Milestones Museum of Living History Many aspects of bygone life including a 1940’s sweetshop ... |
| Military Vehicle Trust ( MVT ) | Members look after and restore the whole range of ex-military vehicles with both UK and overseas ori... |
| Moray Motor Museum | Based in the centre of Elgin (the capital of Morayshire, close to the Cooper Park), Moray Motor Muse... |
| Moretonhampstead Motor Museum | Moretonhampstead Motor Museum is home to a collection of over 100 vintage vehicles, from Victorian h... |
| Morgan Motor Museum | Morgan Motor Museum is located adjacent to the Malvern factory where Morgan cars are made, largely b... |
| Morris Motors Museum | The Oxford Bus Museum hosts the Morris Motors Museum and has a growing collection of cars and vans m... |
| Muckleburgh Military Collection | The Muckleburgh Military Collection Museum claims to be the largest privately owned collection of mi... |
| Museum of Liverpool | The land transport collection includes many vehicles spanning several centuries of Liverpool's histo... |
| Museum of RAF Firefighting | This museum hosts the world's largest collection of military fire engines. For information as to acc... |
| Museum of Speed, Pendine | Due to the Pandemic,the Opening of the new Museum will not take place until 2022, subject to any unf... |
| Myreton Motor Museum | Situated off the beaten track but well worth a visit the Museum was founded by Willie Dale in 1966. ... |
| National Brewery Centre | Transport played an important part in the evolution of the brewing industry. From horse-drawn drays ... |
| National Emergency Services Museum | National Emergency Services Museum was formally known as the 'Fire & Police Museum' but it becam... |
| National Motor Museum | Beaulieu is set in the heart of the New Forest National Park. With over 250 vehicles the National Mo... |
| National Motorcycle Museum | The National Motorcycle Museum is recognised as the finest and largest motorcycle museum in the worl... |
| National Museum of Scotland, Science & Technology department | The National Museum of Scotland is one of the Top 10 UK visitor attractions, and in the Top 20 of th... |
| National Museum of Wales | The National Museum of Wales transport collections includes the Museum's oldest surviving Welsh-owne... |
| National Transport Museum | The museum is located in the Heritage Depot, Howth Demesne, Howth, Ireland. Sixty vehicles in Howth ... |
| National Trust | The National Trust has a number of vehicles at their properties throughout the country. If you acces... |
| Newburn Motor Museum | Dominic Pirelli opened this Museum around 1980, formerly a T.A. Centre on land owned by the Duke of ... |
| Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum | Primarily an excellent aviation museum, run by volunteers with no admission charges, it does contain... |
| Norfolk Motorcycle Museum | An interesting collection of over 80 motorcycles from the 1920's to the 1960's operated as a registe... |
| Norfolk Tank Museum | The Collection contains four Main Battle Tanks, armoured personnel carriers and an arsenal of small ... |
| North West Museum of Road Transport, | The North West Museum of Road Transport (formerly St. Helens Transport Museum) is a voluntary organi... |
| North Yorkshire Motor Museum | Located in Thornton-Le-Dale in North Yorkshire the museum has a collection of some 40 cars and comme... |
| Nottingham Industrial Museum | Nottingham Industrial Museum is located in the stables block of Wollaton Hall, on the western edge o... |
| Oakham Treasures | Near Bristol, a fascinating collection of farm equipment and some interesting vehicles as well. Lots... |
| Oxford Bus Museum | Oxford Bus Museum tells the story of bus and coach travel around Oxfordshire over the last 130 years... |
| Pallot Steam, Motor and General Museum | An interesting collection of vehicles is on display here. Formerly the Pallot Steam Museum a large e... |
| PEMBROKESHIRE MOTOR MUSEUM | Due to the ill health of the owner, the museum will NOT reopen in April 2015 and will be closed unti... |
| Police Car UK | Not a museum as such but click on the website of this members club and you can find a lot of informa... |
| REME Museum | Wherever the British Army are, whatever the Unit is, there you will find REME Following a major rel... |
| Rolls Royce Heritage Trust | Although the bulk of our motor car collections belong to the Coventry Branch of the Trust they are l... |
| Royal Air Force Museum Cosford | The Midlands based branch of the RAF Museum... |
| Royal Air Force Museum London | The RAF Museum in London has undergone substantial changes with the Centenary of the RAF and a new l... |
| Royal Signals Museum | From laying line, through to advanced, secure satellite, cyber and more, the Royal Signals Museum te... |
| Sammy Miller Museum | One of the World's Largest Motorbike Museums. Sammy Miller is a motorcycling legend, 11 times Br... |
| Sandringham House Museum and Gardens | The Museum at Sandringham holds an extraordinary collection ranging from the 1939 Merryweather fire... |
| Scarborough Fair Collection | The Scarborough Fair Collection hosts a magnificent working collection of Vintage Cars, Steam Engine... |
| Science Museum | The Science Museum in London have a good transport section on their website and normally display qui... |
| Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Heritage Trust | The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum and Heritage Centre. The museum currently opens on the l... |
| Scottish Motor Museum Trust | The Trust preserve Scotland’s largest private historic motoring photographic archive – T... |
| Scottish Vintage Bus Museum | See over 150 buses at the museum, most of Scottish origin, in different levels of condition from som... |
| Shuttleworth Collection | Primarily an aircraft museum, the Shuttleworth Collection in Bedfordshire does include a Vehicle sec... |
| Silverstone Experience | The Silverstone Experience is housed within the only remaining Second World War Wellington Bomber ha... |
| Snibston Discovery Park | Snibston Discovery Park is run by Leicestershire County Museum Service. Some of the vehicles on sho... |
| South Yorkshire Transport Museum | South Yorkshire Transport Museum. The Museum, a registered charity, is currently home to around 50 v... |
| Steam Museum | This is the Great Western Railway Museum at Swindon. Mainly trains but there are some old railway ro... |
| Stockwood Discovery Centre | The Discovery Centre includes a small number of classic cars including 4 Vauxhall Cars, which were m... |
| Stonehurst Family Farm & Motor Museum | The Motor Museum at Stonehurst Farm has a fantastic collection of veteran, vintage and classic cars,... |
| Stonehurst Family Farm & Museum | The Motor Museum at Stonehurst Farm has a fantastic collection of veteran, vintage and classic cars,... |
| Stornoway Museum (Museum nan Eilean) | This is a new museum set in the stunning Lews Castle Grounds in Stornoway, Lewis, in the Hebrides. ... |
| Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens | This museum is included as they have two cars on display of great interest to the North East. Nissan... |
| Swansea Bus Museum | This Museum has moved to a new site in Swansea. It has an interesting collection of buses, coaches a... |
| Tangmere Military Aviation Museum | Tangmere Military Aviation Museum is situated in a corner of the old RAF Tangmere airfield, famed fo... |
| Tank Museum | The Tank Museum is the museum of the Royal Tank Regiment & Royal Armoured Corps.Their exhibition... |
| The National Tramway Museum | The Museums Tramcar fleet consists of over 70 historic vehicles, which illustrate the development an... |
| The Royal Signals Museum | From laying line, through to advanced, secure satellite, cyber and more, the Royal Signals Museum te... |
| Think Tank, Birmingham Science Museum, | This is the website of Think Tank a new museum in Birmingham incorporating in its transport section ... |
| Tolson Museum | Originally the grounds of Ravensknowle Hall, now Tolson Museum, it is Huddersfield's history book!. ... |
| Transport Museum of Ireland | Normally some 60 vehicles are on display, others may be viewed by appointment. All four Irish commer... |
| Trolleybus Museum | Trolleybus museum near Gainsborough which houses a collection of silent electric transport and has a... |
| Ulster Transport Museum. | Part of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum an award winning collection of all things vehicular. On... |
| Vauxhall Heritage Centre | VAUXHALL EXHIBITION The Culture Trust, LutonIS to host a unique exhibition, starting on September 5... |
| Whitewebbs Museum | Whitewebbs Museum is situated within easy reach of Junction 25 on the M25. From the A10, turn right ... |
| Wirral Transport Museum | Wirral Transport Museum has a broad selection of vintage and classic vehicles, including trams, buse... |
| Wythall Transport Museum | Wythall Transport Museum, Wythall is situated in north Worcestershire, just south of Birmingham. It ... |
| Yeldham Transport Collection | The Yeldham Transport Collection facility consists of a 2nd WW aircraft hangar which was moved there... |
| Yorkshire Air Museum | The Yorkshire Air Museum is the largest independent air museum in Britain and is also the location o... |
Newest museums
Hovercraft Museum - HOVERCRAFT MUSEUM Well, they aren’t motors but they do have a Mini b... (5th November)
Great British Car Journey - Cars aren’t purely for looking at; more than 30 of them can b... (4th October)
Launceston Steam Railway & Museum - Launceston Station is home to a fascinating Transport a... (15th April)
Scottish Motor Museum Trust - The Trust preserve Scotland’s largest private historic moto... (1st April)
Castletown D-Day Centre - DORSET'S NEW WW2 VISITOR ATTRACTION... Castletown D-Day Centre is an... (29th October)
