Lambretta Scooter Museum

Lambretta Scooter Museum
Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom
Location Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

The Lambretta Scooter Museum is in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. Its 4,000 square feet (371.6 m2) houses a total of 61 Lambretta models – at least one from each year between October 1947 through to May 1971, collected by Nigel Cox the author of "Lambretta Innocenti: An Illustrated History".

The private collection goes from three model 'A's first produced in 1947, to Lambro threewheelers, Lambretta mopeds, sales leaflets, world, accessories, posters, magazines, manuals, toys, models, signs, and promotional material.[1]

In 2006, the shop and museum were sold to Stuart Lanning. After a long period of closure, the museum and its exhibits were refurbished and re-opened on 9 August 2008.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Lambretta Scooter Museum". Scooterproducts. http://www.scooterproducts.com/catalog.php?category=Lambretta%20Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2010. 
  2. ^ "Lambretta Museum opens". Classic Scooterist Scene (July/August 2008). http://www.scooteristscene.com 
  3. ^ "Lambretta Scooters". Lambretta Scooters. http://www.lambrettascooter.org.uk/. Retrieved 14 November 2010. 

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