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Collections Centre

Our Collection of 1.9 million items are stored and cared for in the onsite Collections Centre. The building is fully accessible and we welcome visitors by appointment.

The National Motor Museum Collections Centre is an amazing treasure trove of objects. From photographs to film, archive material to objects. these items are not currently on display in the Museum. They are held in store so that they can be cared for, accessed for research or used as part of our exhibition programmes.

The building is also where the National Motor Museum team are based. They work on a range of tasks to care for the Collections and make them accessible. Our Learning and Development teams also work out of this building and support the work to widen access to the Collections.

Although a working building, we welcome visitors and groups to see behind the scenes of the Collection Centre, by prior appointment.

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Visit the Collections Centre

The Collections Centre is open Monday to Friday, 10am-5.00pm

Get in touch using the online contact form or telephone 01590 614650

National Motor Museum Trust Reading Room

The Motoring Research Service responds to factual enquiries received by the National Motor Museum Trust and assists researchers to access information that may be found within its collections.

We provide access to the Reading Room for those wishing to undertake their own research using material from the Motoring Archive and our world famous Motoring Reference Library.

Please see the Motoring Research Service page for more information.