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The National Motor Museum (originally the Montagu Motor Museum) is a museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1952 by Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu as a tribute to his father, who was one of the great pioneers of motoring in the United Kingdom, being the first person to drive a motor car into the yard of the Houses of Parliament, and having introduced King Edward VII (then the Prince of Wales) to motoring in the latter part of the 19th century. Beaulieu is a small village located on the south eastern edge of the New Forest national park in Hampshire, England. ...
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Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (born October 20, 1926) is a British peer known for founding the National Motor Museum. ...
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At first the museum consisted of just five cars and a small collection of automobilia displayed in the front hall of Lord Montagu's ancestral home, Palace House, but such was the popularity of this small display that the collection soon outgrew its home and was transferred to wooden sheds in the grounds of the house. In 1972 a new purpose-built museum building was constructed in the parkland surrounding Palace House, and the name was changed to the National Motor Museum to reflect a change of status from a private collection to a charitable trust. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Today, in addition to around 250 of the most historically important motor vehicles to have been produced since the late-19th century, including no fewer than four world land speed record holders, the museum is also home to one of the finest collections of motoring books, journals, photographs, films, and automobilia in the world. 1970 land speed record being set at Bonneville Salt Flats by Gary Gabelich Land Speed Records 1898-2002 The information below is for self-propelled wheeled vehicles travelling over open ground. ...
Among its exhibits are the 1929 Golden Arrow, Donald Campbell's Bluebird, the Reliant van from television's Only Fools And Horses, and a separately housed display of James Bond vehicles. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Donald Malcolm Campbell (March 23, 1921 - January 4, 1967) was a British car and motorboat driver who broke many speed records. ...
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Additional attractions include a monorail, bus ride, racing car simulator ride, go-karting rink, playground, restaraunt and a substantial part of the Palace House and grounds, incluing the partially ruined monastery, providing a full day out. Among the monastery buildings to have been preserved are the domus (now used for functions and exhibitions), and the refectory, which is now the parish church. A simulation is an imitation of some real device or state of affairs. ...
The museum is open every day except for Christmas day. Joseph and Mary with baby Jesus, at the first Christmas Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ...
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