Press Releases
Heritage Motor Centre Achieves Full Accreditation
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010L to R – Stephen Laing (Curator), Bill Allan (BMIHT Trustee) and Tim Bryan (Head of Collections) The Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon has recently achieved full Accreditation under the national scheme promoted by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). Gaining Accreditation provides a recognised benchmark for both visitors and government agencies showing that a [...]
Mini Madness At The Heritage Motor Centre
Thursday, August 13th, 2009The Heritage Motor Centre is soooo much more than just a car museum and throughout the summer holidays there are loads of activities taking place to help beat the boredom. Daily activities include go-karts, a 4×4 experience, a miniature roadway, an adventure play area, as well as quizzes and other activities designed to help families [...]
Mini Fortnight – Maximum Fun!
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Mini’s 50th Birthday celebrations continue at The Heritage Motor Centre. After the successful opening of the Mini Exhibition in May and Mini Festival in July, we now eagerly await August for the start of “Mini Fortnight” – two weeks of Mini Madness with events, lectures and activities for all ages. Taking place between 2-15 August [...]
Heritage Motor Centre Selected As One Of The Top Museums in Europe
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009The Heritage Motor Centre (HMC) was shortlisted as one of the best 35 museums in Europe at the Museum of the Year Awards which was celebrated in Bursa, Turkey on Saturday 9th May. Organised by the European Museum Forum the ceremony was attended by representatives from over 25 countries whose museums had been selected due [...]
Guests Have A Wheely Good Time at Mini 50th Birthday Bash
Friday, May 8th, 2009The Heritage Motor Centre gave the Mini a birthday bash to remember on Friday 8th May, precisely 50 years since the first Morris Mini Minor rolled off the production lines in Cowley, to celebrate the opening of the brand new “50 Years of the Mini” exhibition on 10th May. The Heritage Motor Centre invited over [...]
Duke makes welcome return to award winning museum
Thursday, May 7th, 2009On a recent visit to Warwickshire HRH the Duke of Kent was pleased to be reacquainted with the Heritage Motor Centre’s cars and interested to see the more recent additions to the collection since his last visit in 2002. Accompanied by Stephen Laing, the museum’s curator, highlights included the collection of veteran motor cars where [...]
Mini Looks “A’Ok” After It’s Makeover
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009The Heritage Motor Centre’s annual Club Expo Event kicked off the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Nation’s favourite little car, the Mini, in style with a wax job for the first Morris Mini affectionately known as 621 AOK courtesy of Autoglym. The Mini Makeover was a bid to get the 50 year old Mini looking [...]
Family Friendly Fun This Easter
Monday, March 30th, 2009This Easter the Heritage Motor Centre is offering kids, young and old, the chance experience “eggsactly” what is needed for a fantastic family friendly day out. For those on a budget a year’s Gift Aid family season ticket is available for only £28 so you can keep on coming back to the museum and its [...]
