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The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust based at the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon in Warwickshire has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the multi-storey Museum’s Collections Centre project. The £2.5 million project aims to create a new building to store and display the trust's reserve collection of historic British cars.
Following the award of a first round pass by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), development funding of £51,100 has been awarded to help the Trust progress their plans to apply for a full grant in 2012. If second round funding is awarded and match funding is also obtained, building work on the new project could begin in 2013. The Trust has a collection of almost 300 cars that tells the story of the motor industry in Britain from the 1890s to the present and although more than 160 of these vehicles can be seen on display at the Heritage Motor Centre, the rest of the collection remains hidden in store. This project will enable people to see the whole collection for the first time in a purpose-built facility that will also include a vehicle restoration and conservation workshop. In addition the Trust will launch a new volunteer programme allowing people to get more involved with the collection by helping with its conservation and interpretation and will also run a series of events and other activities as part of the project. Tim Bryan, head of collections and interpretation at the Heritage Motor Centre is understandably delighted with the HLF's decision. "It will help make our collection far more accessible than before and enable people to learn more about the motor industry which has played such an important role in the West Midlands," he says.| Find Us On | |
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