Beaulieu National Motor Museum

Home to a number of diverse attractions Beaulieu National Motor Museum offers something for everyone, including a collection of over 250 stunning vehicles from every motoring era.

The National Motor Museum

Located in the New Forest, Beaulieu National Motor Museum is an award-winning day out.
Your entrance ticket includes access to all of the following attractions:

🚘 The National Motor Museum
🚘 Palace House
🚘 Grounds and Gardens
🚘 Little Beaulieu
🚘 We Had One Of Those
🚘 Beaulieu Abbey
🚘 On Screen Cars
🚘 Monorail and Veteran Bus
🚘 Secret Army Exhibit
🚘 Art Russe at the Clock House

The Vehicles at Beaulieu National Motor Museum

Beaulieu National Motor Museum is home to a collection of over 250 stunning vehicles. The collection ranges from the earliest motor carriages to classic family saloons. The Museum boasts one of the finest collections of cars, motorcycles and motoring memorabilia in the world with the oldest dating from 1875.

The vehicles tell the story of motoring on the roads and circuits of Britain, from pioneering origins to the present day. The stylish, the elegant, the fast, the famous and the plain functional are all on show.

Driving Change – The Evolution of the Motorcar

Explore the evolution of the motorcar in an exciting display. Discover how engines work, learn about car safety and discover how automotive technology has developed since the dawn of motoring. find out where technology might take us in the future and learn how innovations have changed what goes on underneath the bonnet of your favourite vehicles.

Discover automotive design secrets in the design and construction exhibition and listen to Crash Test Dummies as they explain the development of car safety.

A Chequered History

View the history of F1 as enter the adrenaline-fueled world of motorsport in Grand Prix Greats. Road, Race & Rally focuses on sports cars from rallying, hill-climbing, and the consumer market.

Jack Tucker’s Garage

Jack Tucker’s Garage is a 1930s garage, packed full of artefacts, fixtures, fittings, tools and ephemera from a bygone age.

The Motorcycle Story

See motorcycles displayed within their historical and cultural context, ranging from the early days of motorsport to urban counter-culture.

For Britain and For The Hell of It

Experience the triumph of British Land Speed record attempts in an inspiring multi-media display.

We Had One Of Those

Pick the blast from your past in Beaulieu’s newest attraction! Explore We Had One Of Those, an interactive attraction, showcasing some of the most popular cars from the 1960s through to the noughties and beyond.

On Screen Cars

The car’s the star in this ever-changing exhibition of TV and film favourites.
Current exhibits include:
* Del Boy’s Reliant Van
* Mr Bean’s Mini
* The Jaguar XKR from the Bond film Die Another Day
* The `flying` Ford Anglia from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
* The last Cadillac Elvis Presley bought for his own use

The Monorail

The Monorail at Beaulieu National Motor Museum was opened by Terry Wogan and the Wombles in 1974. The high-level, mile-long monorail is the oldest in England and will take you on a sedate circuit of the attraction. The ride offers great views of the Grounds and Gardens before passing right through the Beaulieu National Motor Museum. The onboard commentary recounts the stories behind the many interesting features you will see. There is a North and South station, with the Monorail running frequently between the two.

Child Friendly Attractions

There are a number of attractions to entertain families visiting with children, highlights include the Driving School and Playground. Older children may also enjoy The World of Top Gear and the On Screen Cars exhibition where they can see the likes of Mr Bean’s Mini and The `flying` Ford Anglia from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The main car collection includes a few vehicles that children may recognise, with one of the most famous being Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Veteran Bus

The Veteran Bus makes regular journeys between the Brabazon Restaurant and Palace House. The replica 1912 open-topped London bus invites you to climb aboard for a gentle and nostalgic ride through the grounds between the two on-site bus stops.

Secret Army Exhibition

Uncover Beaulieu’s history as a top-secret training establishment for special agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War Two. Over 3,000 SOE agents were trained in the dark arts of warfare at Beaulieu before undertaking daring and dangerous missions behind enemy lines.

Palace House

Palace House was once the gatehouse of the medieval Beaulieu Abbey, home of the Montagu family home since 1538. The house is in an idyllic New Forest setting, overlooking the picturesque Beaulieu River millpond. Palace House was remodelled and extended during the 1800s and is now a fine example of a Victorian country house. Wander around the inside of the house adorned with family treasures, portraits, and memorabilia.

Bealieu Abbey

This once-thriving Cistercian Abbey was destroyed on the orders of King Henry VIII in 1538 having been founded by King John three centuries before. Owing to the efforts of the Montagu family, distant relations of these former kings, the now tranquil Abbey is a conserved ruin where generations of visitors have contemplated the devout simplicity of monastic life, the achievements of its medieval builders and doubtless mourned its destruction.

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