Road Transport
Explore Britain's role in the history of the motor car with events, features, news and web resources collected from museums, archives and historic sites across the UK.
Cycle Museum invites families to draw bikes as National Cycle Collection opens for April
Housed in Powys' Automobile Palace, the National Cycle Collection - home to a vintage range of bikes dating as far back as 1819 - is inviting children to get drawing this month.
World's fastest car, Babs, visits Swansea's National Waterfront Museum
Forty-two years after its redesigner died trying to beat its 172 mph record, a Bangor University lecturer's replica of a 1.72 ton speed demon has gone on show in Swansea.
Huge Aston Martin archive to reveal letters to James Bond in two-year exhibition
A vast archive, assembled during 35 years of collecting by the late historian for Aston Martin, will go on display for the first time at the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust.
"Spectacular" collection of British scooters dazzles Coventry Transport Museum
Arch enthusiast Robin Spalding's display of British scooters showcases 42 types of bike alongside clothing, furniture and advertising from the 1950s and 1960s.
Crich Tramway Village unveils its "geatest challenge" - London United Tramways 159
Crich Tramway Village is proudly displaying the results of the painstaking, seven-year restoration of an Edwardian tram that spent 55 years as a home.
Museum of Transport takes visitors on a journey through sound with Smartphones
QR codes will allow visitors to hear the sounds of the 60 buses and coaches at Manchester's Museum of Transport, starting with a vintage bus from 1959.
£4.9 million Coventry Transport Museum Lottery bid boosts 14th century Old Grammar School
Planners at the world's largest British transport collection are on the road to winning £4.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, utilising a forgotten building as part of the proposals.
Wheels and Waves brings surf culture to Coventry Transport Museum
Coventry Transport Museum is bringing the sights, sounds and swells of surf culture to the West Midlands with an exhibition of classic surfer vehicles.
Vintage Mobile Cinema launches Screen Heritage UK programme in Brighton
Screen Heritage UK is celebrating the digitalisation of its archives with a special show in a customised Bedford van in Brighton's Jubilee Square
House of Manannan lines up iconic objects to celebrate 100 years of TT racing on Isle of Man
From the leathers of the first female TT racer to Carl Fogarty's 1992 Yamaha, the Isle of Man welcomes centenary TT show.
Johnny Cash motorbike beats any blues in Museum of Science and Industry bikes special
A Harley-Davidson customised in dedication to Johnny Cash joins a colourful display of Harley-Davidsons in Manchester.
In Pictures: Museum of Science and Industry's Customising, Culture and Harley-Davidson
See pictures of Harley-Davidsons and their biggest fans as the Manchester venue opens a display dedicated to them.
Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane donates Jeep "war horse" to Glasgow's Riverside Museum
Actor Robbie Coltrane has donated his 1988 Chrysler Jeep to the public fundraising campaign for the £74 million museum.
Cabbies show their support as £5 million public Riverside Museum appeal gears up in Glasgow
The driving force behind Glasgow's famous black cabs have presented a £5,000 donation to the city's Riverside Museum.
Crumbling 18th century Yorkshire tollhouse saved in "fantastic" Natural England rebuild
A tollhouse designed to stop motorists from dodging border charges during the 18th century has been rebuilt in the Dales.
