What do the Friends do? There’s lots that needs doing, some of which are ongoing tasks whilst others are finite projects. We need more volunteers to help with the following areas. Do you know anybody else who might be interested in volunteering? Housekeeping We really need more help in this area!

The impact of 150 years of motoring on our environment is a subject that has been addressed in every issue of the museum’s website research notes since their creation 6 years ago. The latest issue, “The Direction of Travel”, is now in ebook format. Atmospheric pollution from a cocktail of car

That is the Dog country pub in Harvington, near Kidderminster. One of our Museum Friends is closely associated with the club for pre-1980 Vauxhalls: the Vauxhall Victor Club. The club held two rallies at Harvington in 2015. The first event, in April, attracted 12 Vauxhalls (7 Victors and 5 Vivas) from

The ‘James’ in question was a 98cc motor cycle, just like the one on display in the museum, and the year was 1952. 98cc James in the museum Following her visit to the museum, a lady has been in touch to say that the visit reminded her of the exploits

The Forest of Dean was the location for the Festival in the Forest weekend – 4/5 July – at which the museum staff arranged a display of classic cars to join the museum’s Austin Seven. Friends and staff of the museum brought along their classic cars and were joined by members of

The memories of the museum’s first 1960s event of 2015, over the weekend of 30 / 31 May, are possibly starting to fade but  photographs offered by museum staff and visitors provide a regular reminder of the successful weekend. Radio Caroline, present in the visitors gallery throughout the weekend, were kept busy bringing visitors up

You will read elsewhere on this blog of the pleasure that our 2014 raffle prize winners took from their visit to the Cotswolds from South Wales on the weekend of the 9 / 10 May 2015 to collect their prize. The Friends of the Museum are running another raffle this

Winners of our 2014 Grand Prize Draw arrived in the Cotswolds over the weekend of 9 / 10 May 2015 to collect their superb prize from last year’s raffle. The lucky ticket was purchased by Susan Thomas from Caerphilly. The pictures show her enjoying her weekend with a classic MGB, following

Our first 60s weekend of the 2015 will be held on the weekend of 30 / 31 May. Teas and coffees will be served from our Shepherd’s Hut, there will be 60s music – requests taken, a bookstall, games in the garden and Radio Caroline will be in our 60s gallery. A

Hello, my name is Brum, I have four wheels, I’m yellow and red and live in the Cotswold Motoring Museum: I’m a bit of an international TV star. I was on children’s TV in the UK between 1991 and 2002, programmes about me are often repeated and children get very