I signed up to be a Volunteer after my first visit to the Museum in February this year. I was stunned at the amount and variety of vehicles on display and the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff (both paid and volunteers). Having had a lifelong passion for classic cars, I immediately wanted to be part of the Museum. The idea of being around well-aged classics appealed to me, each with a story to tell and a fascinating history – and that’s just the volunteers ..read more

Our Ford Escort RS1600 project reached an important milestone this summer. The bodyshell of the unrestored 1972 RS1600 that was donated in 2019 is now back in our Workshop after being stripped, chemically dipped and resprayed, ready to begin a long-term project to piece it back together to its original specification ..read more

On 14 August, the Museum’s long-awaited 30th Anniversary Celebration began. We had a full roster of activities and events running throughout the week for everyone to enjoy, no matter who you were or what you liked. It was great to see so many people coming to the Museum and getting stuck into everything we had to offer ..read more

I’ve walked past the diminutive Zanda concept model thousands of times during my time at the Museum. It was one of stylist Harris Mann's first wedge shaped designs and it signified, to borrow from another British Leyland advert, the shape of things to come. Zanda was revolutionary at its 1969 reveal, intended to show that the newly formed Austin-Morris design studio was up there with the world’s best ..read more

On a miraculously warm April evening, following a day of worryingly heavy downpours, around 40 of our Members joined us at the Museum to enjoy a handpicked selection of our cars as they took to the roads around the site. Our guests queued up for rides in the cars, given by our knowledgeable Museum and Workshop team, to get a taste of what it’s like to be driven in these wonderful classic vehicles ..read more

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Whilst our Archive is based largely on material acquired directly from British car companies, our collection is always growing. This is often thanks to generous public donations. We are always grateful to anyone who gets in touch with potential items of interest. This is exactly what happened in August, as a visitor to the Museum popped in to discuss some items that he had brought with him ..read more

Drive a car from London to Brighton. Should be easy enough don’t you think? Well… not if that car is over 118 years old ..read more

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This month, we're celebrating the 60th birthday of the MGB. For the document of the month, I'm focussing on a selection of six MGB sales brochures from our collection ..read more