Car museums & collections in UK

Volunteer-run museum preserving vehicles and archives of Albion Motors, the Scotstoun-based commercial vehicle manufacturer, maintained by the Albion Vehicle Preservation Trust and Biggar Albion Foundation.

Independent volunteer-run museum (formerly Aston Manor Road Transport Museum) displaying buses, coaches, commercial vehicles and private cars all with a West Midlands manufacturing connection.

Open-air industrial heritage museum with over 20 exhibition areas, including a collection of more than 25 vintage vehicles such as veteran Southdown buses, commercial vehicles, traction engines and road rollers, plus a narrow-gauge railway.

The largest transport and agriculture museum of its kind in Wales, displaying over 100 classic cars, motorcycles, commercial, military and agricultural vehicles from the 1920s onward, set along a recreated 1940s village street.

Museum run by the Aston Martin Heritage Trust in a 14th-century tithe barn, tracing over 110 years of Aston Martin history through cars, archive material and memorabilia.

A small independent motor museum with over 100 exhibits, mostly cars from the 1920s onward, plus motorcycles, mopeds and a reconstructed 1930s garage.

Formerly Cornwall's only significant motor museum, displaying around 50 cars dating from 1904 to the 1960s in a converted 19th-century watermill, with another 50 vehicles in rotating storage.

Former Huddersfield museum that displayed over 100 vintage and classic vehicles alongside motorcycles, bicycles and garage/petrol memorabilia.

A small volunteer-run museum of classic and vintage motorcycles and memorabilia within the Battlesbridge Antique Centre complex.

Open-air "living museum" of North East England recreating 1825 and 1913 life, including a Motor & Cycle Works garage housing a working and static collection of early cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles.

Bentley Motors' visitor centre at its Crewe factory, offering paid guided tours of CW1 House and the adjoining Lineage heritage exhibition, showcasing important pre-1945 Bentleys and motorsport trophies.

Former motor museum on the Bentley estate near Lewes, displaying privately owned classic vehicles on loan, alongside a wildfowl collection, gardens and miniature railway.

A restored former RAF bomber-training station operating as a business campus for historic motoring and aviation specialists; not a standing museum, but the public can view classic and collector cars during ticketed 'Scramble' open days held roughly three times a year.

Open-air living history museum reconstructing the Black Country's industrial past, including a dedicated vehicle gallery of locally manufactured cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles from marques such as Sunbeam, Star, Guy, Clyno and Bean.

Independent museum combining classic cars with an extensive James Bond 007 memorabilia collection, including film props and vehicles such as the Lotus Esprit S1 used in 'The Spy Who Loved Me'.

Local-authority museum at Moorside Mills holding what is described as the most comprehensive collection of Jowett cars and vans in the world (Jowett was a Bradford-built marque), plus Scott motorcycles and historic trams/trolleybuses.

Primarily a steam engine and gardens attraction that also houses the national Dad's Army collection of vintage vehicles, including Jones's butcher's van, a period fire engine and Captain Mainwaring's Austin 8 staff car, set on a reconstructed Walmington-on-Sea high street.

Museum dedicated to British commercial road transport history, housed in a former Leyland Motors inspection building, displaying over 60 vintage buses, fire engines, delivery vehicles and other commercial vehicles.

The world's largest collection of historic British cars, with over 400 vehicles on display spanning Austin, Morris, MG, Jaguar, Land Rover, Rover, Triumph, Mini and more, plus a Collections Centre housing an additional ~250 reserve vehicles including prototypes and concept cars.

Museum on the site of the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit (opened 1907), displaying historic Brooklands-era racing cars and motorcycles alongside a substantial aviation collection including a Concorde.

Private collection specialising in Morgan three-wheeler cars from 1909-1935, entered through the Falstaff Antiques shop, alongside early motorcycles, bicycles and automobilia.

One of the largest privately owned motor collections open to the public in the UK, with over 120 veteran, vintage and classic cars and around 100 motorcycles displayed on the grounds of a 15th-century castle.

Former museum in Keswick dedicated to celebrity film and TV vehicles, including a sister attraction, The Bond Museum, with over 30 original James Bond screen cars.

Private collection of over 60 concours-restored classic cars and more than 100 vintage petrol pumps and automobilia, owned by Robert and Tanya Lewis and maintained by an in-house restoration workshop.

A motoring and toy museum in a former mill housing 20th-century cars, motorcycles, bicycles and caravans alongside a large vintage toy collection; home to Brum, the BBC children's TV car.

Britain's newest motor museum (opened November 2023) in a former 1836 department store in central Taunton, displaying around 100 cars and 80+ motorcycles focused on the 1950s-1990s.

Houses the largest collection of British-made road transport in public ownership, including around 250 cars and commercial vehicles, 120 motorcycles and 300 cycles, with strong emphasis on Coventry-built marques such as Jaguar, Triumph, Humber, Standard and Riley.

Museum celebrating the career of Formula 1 driver David Coulthard, displaying several of his F1 cars, karts from his early career, trophies, race suits and helmets.

Formerly a private by-appointment museum of world rally cars (Audi Quattro, Ford, Talbot Sunbeam, Lancia and more) assembled by rally team owner David Sutton.

Formerly the world's largest collection of Grand Prix racing cars, housed in five halls at Donington Park circuit, with over 130 exhibits including historic Formula 1 and pre-war racing machinery.

Former private collection of the Earl of Moray, opened to the public in 1970 in converted farm buildings near Doune, featuring around 25-30 rare cars including a 1905 Rolls-Royce, Hispano-Suiza, Bentley and Aston Martin.

Volunteer-run museum with more than 100 historic vehicles across four halls, including cars, buses, motorcycles and commercial vehicles, plus a horse-drawn ambulance and a steam road roller.

Open-air working transport museum where visitors can ride historic trams, trolleybuses and buses, plus a narrow-gauge railway and static displays of vintage cars, lorries, vans and taxis.

Formerly a small private museum of around 10 classic cars and 13 motorcycles on Porlock High Street.

Private motor museum housing over 100 veteran, vintage, sports and racing cars, many kept in working order, including early Bugattis and Sir Malcolm Campbell's 1937 Bluebird car alongside his Bluebird K3 hydroplane.

Independent charitable museum in Alford telling the story of transport in North East Scotland through historic and classic cars, motorcycles, steam vehicles, a double-decker bus and an electric tram.

Interactive museum telling the story of British car manufacturing from 1922 to the present through more than 130 British-built cars, plus 'Drive Dad's Car' — the UK's largest classic car driving experience with over 60 drivable classics on-site.

East Midlands heritage motoring hub converted from the former Rolls-Royce Heritage Centre at the historic Victoria Ironworks site, featuring vintage vehicle exhibitions, dehumidified car storage, and rotating displays plus talks with collector-car figures.

One of the largest vintage vehicle collections in South West England, with over 40 cars and commercial vehicles including some used in TV and film productions, housed within a family farm-park attraction; also home to the Reg Imray motorcycle collection.

The UK's largest collection of cars and motorcycles, with over 300 vehicles spanning from the earliest days of motoring to modern supercars, including a dedicated Red Room of sports cars and a Williams Formula 1 exhibition.

A small display of Austin-Healey and Healey cars, including a Healey Silverstone, an Austin-Healey 3000 and two Austin-Healey Sprites, shown by the Healey family (direct descendants of Donald Healey) as part of their cyder farm visitor attraction.

Open-air living history museum near Newtonmore with over 10,000 items, including a reconstructed 1928 Kingussie garage with a period petrol pump and a vintage vehicle, plus horse-drawn carts.

Former small private museum in Hull dedicated to Humber-marque motor cars and history.

A large collection of over 100 transport and engineering objects made or used in the Ipswich area, including buses, trams, trolleybuses, commercial vehicles, a police car, fire engines and bicycles.

Large motor museum at the former RAF Jurby airfield with over 500 cars spanning 1902-2005, plus around 300 motorcycles, buses, fire engines and other vehicles.

Educational charity/trust preserving over 100–140 historic Jaguar, Daimler, Lanchester and SS vehicles plus a documentary and photographic archive, historically associated with a small heritage centre at the former Browns Lane plant.

The world's largest dedicated classic-car restoration facility for Jaguar and Land Rover, with 54 workshop bays and a private collection of over 260 historic vehicles including prototypes, concept cars, movie cars and the first Land Rover and Range Rover.

Museum dedicated to double Formula 1 World Champion Jim Clark, displaying trophies, memorabilia, photographs and racing cars connected to his career.

Sheffield's flagship industrial heritage museum, whose Transport Galleries hold rare early Sheffield-built cars including the 1920 Sheffield-Simplex prototype, a 1921 Richardson Light Car and a 1921 Charron-Laycock.

Large motoring museum housed in a converted mill near Lake Windermere, with over 30,000 exhibits spanning cars, motorcycles, scooters, bicycles and automobilia. Includes a dedicated Campbell Bluebird exhibition covering the world land and water speed record cars/boats of Sir Malcolm and Donald Campbell.

Volunteer-run museum of the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society housing over 60 vehicles including vintage cars, buses, vans, fire engines and motorcycles, plus transport memorabilia.

Family-run private museum near Llangollen displaying a collection of more than 60 classic cars and motorcycles, plus motoring memorabilia and a recreated 1950s garage scene.

Former privately-run motor museum displaying classic, custom and celebrity/film cars, including movie vehicles such as a Batmobile replica and the Herbie VW Beetle.

Headquarters and factory of McLaren Racing/McLaren Automotive, featuring a boulevard display of historic McLaren Formula 1 and road cars; not open for casual walk-in visits.

Mercedes-Benz-owned visitor attraction on the former Brooklands site displaying over 100 historic and current Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG cars across three floors, with on-site driving experiences on handling circuits and an off-road course.

Formerly a private collection of around 100 sports and sports-racing cars (notably Bugattis, Ferraris, Jaguars and Aston Martins) plus motorcycles, displayed in the stable block of Stanmore Hall.

Hampshire County Council living-history museum with reconstructed period streets, housing around 25 commercial vehicles and cars, horse-drawn and motorised fire engines, buses and a tramcar, plus an extensive Thornycroft collection and factory recreation.

BMW Group factory tour and visitor centre with a small exhibition on the history of the Mini, followed by a guided walk through the live production lines where new MINIs are assembled.

Museum housed in a former mill building in the centre of Elgin, displaying a collection of veteran, vintage and classic cars and motorbikes, most kept in running order, plus model cars and automobilia.

Formerly displayed a private collection of over 135 vintage and classic vehicles from the pre-1920s to the 1990s in a converted bus depot.

Visitor centre at Morgan's historic Malvern factory featuring the Archive Room museum with over a century of company artefacts, documents and audio-visual displays, alongside guided factory tours showing the hand-built construction of Morgan cars.

Small free-entry heritage display run by the Scottish Motor Museum Trust inside the former Argyll Motor Works (now the Lomond Galleries retail centre), with information panels and surviving Argyll cars from the early 1900s.

Charitable foundation housing what is billed as Scotland's largest private collection of classic and performance cars and motorcycles, over 400 vehicles assembled by philanthropist David Moulsdale.

A purpose-built museum on Pendine Sands telling the story of the 1920s land speed record attempts made there, using artefacts on loan from Amgueddfa Cymru and the UK's National Motor Museum alongside immersive audiovisual displays.

Museum preserving Greater Manchester's public transport heritage, holding one of the UK's largest bus collections (around 80 vehicles) alongside some cars and commercial vehicles.

Independent museum founded in 1966 by Willie Dale, housing vintage and classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles and commercial vehicles dating from 1899, alongside period advertising signs and militaria.

The off-site store of Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum Wales), holding its reserve transport collection of cars, motorcycles, bicycles and buses not on permanent public display.

One of the world's leading motoring museums, part of the Beaulieu estate, housing over 250 vehicles spanning the history of motoring from Victorian pioneers to the present day, including world land speed record cars and an on-site motoring research library and archive.

The world's largest collection of British motorcycles, with over 1,000 machines on display spanning marques such as Triumph, BSA, Norton, Vincent and Brough Superior.

Scotland's national museum includes Science and Technology galleries featuring early Scottish-built cars, such as an Argyll, and a Formula 1 racing car among its transport and engineering displays.

Former small motor museum in Newcastle upon Tyne that displayed vintage Triumph, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar and other vehicles dating from the 1920s to the 1990s.

A collection of over 160 classic motorcycles from the 1900s to the 1980s from British, European, American and Japanese manufacturers, housed next to North Walsham railway station, plus a vintage die-cast toy display.

Volunteer-run museum in a former 1881 tram/bus depot in St Helens, housing over 60 buses, trams, coaches and cars from Merseyside-area operators.

Small motor museum attached to Mathewsons classic-car auctioneers in Thornton-le-Dale, historically displaying around 40 cars/commercials and 30 motorcycles dating 1918-1976 plus motoring memorabilia.

Museum in the stable block of Wollaton Hall covering Nottingham's industrial history, with a Transport Gallery featuring a rare Brough Superior car (one of only four saloons made) and Brough Superior motorcycles alongside Raleigh cycles.

A 25-acre heritage site at Ruddington combining a working historic bus depot with vintage buses and coaches, a heritage steam railway, and miniature/model railways, run largely by volunteers.

Transport museum beside Hanborough railway station combining a large collection of historic buses and coaches with the Morris Motors Museum, which displays around a dozen Morris cars and vans.

A former privately owned museum near Haverfordwest that displayed over 40 restored vintage and classic cars alongside motorcycles, model vehicles and motoring memorabilia.

Glasgow's Zaha Hadid-designed transport museum houses the world's leading collection of Scottish-built cars and trucks, including pioneering examples from Argyll, Arrol-Johnston and Albion, displayed alongside trams, trains, bicycles and ship models.

Royal Collection Trust attraction at the working stables of the Royal Family, displaying the monarch's state cars - including Bentley and Rolls-Royce Phantom limousines - alongside ceremonial carriages such as the Gold State Coach.

A private study collection of touring and competition cars assembled over four decades, open to researchers by written appointment only.

Small museum run by the Rushden Historical Transport Society, housed in a Victorian former Midland Railway station, displaying vintage cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles and railway/transport memorabilia.

A royal vehicle collection housed in the former coach houses and stable block of Sandringham House, displaying around 20 vehicles that have belonged to the British Royal Family, from a 1900 Daimler to state limousines.

Large indoor vintage transport collection at Flower of May Holiday Park near Scarborough, covering cycles, motorcycles, cars, commercial vehicles and steam traction engines from the late 19th century through the 1980s.

Manchester's science and industry museum, whose Revolution Manchester gallery covers the city's early motor-manufacturing era and displays one of the earliest surviving Rolls-Royce motorcars.

The Science Museum Group's large-object store on a former RAF airfield, accessible only via pre-booked guided tours, holding classic cars, trucks and buses among its wider science, transport and aviation collection.

A 45-acre transport heritage site near Dunfermline holding around 160 preserved buses plus a collection of classic cars, lorries, a restored steam roller and a horse tram.

A working aviation, automotive and agricultural collection at Old Warden Aerodrome featuring veteran and vintage cars, motorcycles and carriages alongside historic aircraft, many kept in running or flying condition.

Interactive museum at Silverstone Circuit covering the history of British motor racing with over 60 interactive exhibits, historic F1 and motorcycle racing machines, and a 360-degree 'Ultimate Lap' cinema experience.

Volunteer-run museum in Rotherham holding around 50 vehicles including classic cars, buses and a tramcar body, focused on South Yorkshire transport history.

Free transport museum in Hull's Museums Quarter covering veteran cars, horse-drawn carriages, trams and bicycles, including a recreated 1940s street scene.

A volunteer-run heritage centre preserving vintage buses that served South Wales, alongside a collection of British and American classic cars, vans, Land Rovers and early commercial and emergency-service vehicles.

A private collection near Omagh combining fully restored classic cars and motorcycles with petroliana and automobilia, alongside a separate WWII militaria display, built up over more than 45 years by owner-curator Philip.

Over 50 microcars and bubble cars from the 1950s and 60s displayed in themed dioramas, including Bond, Isetta, Reliant, Frisky and Bamby models, alongside a recreated street of period shops and memorabilia.

A classic car showroom, workshop and events venue at the former RAF Bibury airfield, displaying and selling collector cars and motorcycles with a café and regular motoring events.

Birmingham's science museum includes a 'Move It' transport gallery and Science & Industry displays with historically significant cars tied to Birmingham's manufacturing heritage, including an Austin Seven and the Railton Mobil Special land-speed-record car.

Huddersfield local-history museum with a "Going Places" transport gallery of historic carriages, cars and bicycles, including the rare, Huddersfield-built LSD three-wheeler and the locally-made Valveless car by David Brown Ltd.

Guided 90-minute tours of Triumph Motorcycles' working factory, tracing the brand's history and showing the production line where current models are built.

Part of National Museums NI at Cultra, this is one of the largest transport collections in Europe, with road galleries spanning horse-drawn carriages, early motor cars, buses, trucks and motorcycles alongside a major steam locomotive collection.

Vauxhall's own heritage collection of more than 50 historic Vauxhall cars and some Bedford commercial vehicles, historically open to the public only one day a year with other visits arranged through Vauxhall car clubs.