Big news from the National Motor Museum Trust: it is gearing up to move its world-famous collection of cars and motorcycles when the museum’s 60-year lease at Beaulieu in Hampshire comes to an end in 2030. The Trust is looking for a brand-new home that will help bring British motoring history to a bigger audience.
After two years of discussions with the Montagu family and weighing up its options at Beaulieu, the Trust believes that a change of scenery is the best way forward. The plan? To make the collection more accessible, ramp up educational programmes, and launch a training centre for heritage engineering.
Trust chair Robert MacGregor, admits it’s bittersweet to leave Beaulieu, but says this is a once-in-a-generation chance to reimagine the museum for the future. Lord Montagu is backing the move, but is also promising that Beaulieu will continue to house a motor museum in the future and will remain a top destination for motoring fans, with cars and motorcycles still at its heart.
For now, it’s business as usual while the search for a new home gets underway. The collection of more than 200 vehicles and a whopping 1.9 million artefacts will stay on show until further notice.
Find out more at www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk.