BRUM speaks out ….

Hello everyone. It’s been a little while since I grabbed the headlines in this blog, but then I’m a modest little chap really, living quietly next to my best friend, the XK140 Jaguar, in the museum’s Mill Gallery. I’m quite happy to let others make the news while I amuse

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The Conservation Workshop

A smart new building has appeared in the grounds of the Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection. On the 1st and 2nd December 2016, Dunster House buildings delivered and erected the 15-square metre building on an existing concrete slab in the museum gardens. Not only has this tidied up a rather unsightly

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North Cotswold Community Radio comes to the Museum

On Saturday 16 July, North Cotswold Community Radio (NCCR) ran a live outside broadcast from the Motor Museum in Bourton on the Water. Between 10am and 4pm, the internet radio station broadcast from the museum forecourt and interviewed staff and Friends of the museum as well as visitors. Two classic

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Praise is always good but ……

It is always good to receive praise but when it comes as a complete surprise and is completely unsolicited, then it is even better. Clive Montellier generously left his highly complementary views of the museum on his blog. Here is a sample: “One of the great joys of having a

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and the winner is…

The winner of our 2015 prize draw is Mr Geoff James from Hereford. His prize, for two people, includes the use of a classic car for a weekend of his choosing during the summer of 2016, along with Saturday night B&B and Sunday lunch in the Cotswolds. Congratulations! We look forward to

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Our 2015 Raffle

Today was the day when the winner of our 2015 Cotswold Classic Raffle was drawn. Contact will now be made with the lucky winner and further details will appear here in due course.

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