Haynes International Motor Museum
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| Haynes International Motor Museum | |
  Shown within Somerset
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| Established | 1985 |
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| Location | Sparkford, Somerset |
| Director | Michael Penn |
| Website | http://www.haynesmotormuseum.com/ |
Haynes International Motor Museum at Sparkford near Yeovil in Somerset, England, contains over 350 cars and motorcycles and a collection of other automobilia.
The museum, which was established in 1985, is an Educational Charitable Trust chaired by John Haynes OBE, of Haynes Publishing Group, the company which published the Haynes Manuals.
The museum is divided into ten halls.
- Hall one includes exhibits dating from before 1910 including a 1900 Clement 2.25 hp Voiturette and a 1910 Renault Twin Cylinder AX.
- Hall two, The Red Room, contains red sports cars from around the world including a 1981 Lamborghini Countach and a 1965 AC Cobra.
- Hall three includes a wide range of cars from a 1953 Morris Minor to a 1971 Rolls Royce Corniche.
- Halls four and five cover British and American classic cars, from a 1965 Morris Mini Cooper to a 1959 Cadillac Sedan DeVille and 1965 Jaguar E-type. Pride of place in the American collection is a 1931 Duesenberg J Derham, one of only eight built.[1]
- Hall six focuses on speedway motorcycles
- Hall seven depicts varied disciplines of motorsport including a 1996 Ferrari Formula 1 Type F310 (DC) and 1926 Bugatti Type 35B.
- Hall eight covers British cars.
- Hall nine covers British motorcycles, including rare models by BSA and Norton (motorcycle).
- Hall ten has cars built since 1980.
The museum also has an outdoor military vehicle collection, cinema of motoring and Michael Schumacher's Formula One show car.
In September 2007 it hosted the tenth World Forum for Motor Museums annual conference,[1] and regularly hosts conferences for organisations outside the motor industry.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Red is the colour. BBC Somerset (17 September 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
