National Motor Museum

The National Motor Museum is a museum in the village of Beaulieu, set in the heart of the New Forest, in the English county of Hampshire.

Opening hours:
January 1st—May 22nd: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
May 23rd—September 13th: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
September 14th—December 31st: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: automobile museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Beaulieu”, “Montagu Motor Museum”, and “National Motor Museum, Beaulieu”
Address: Beaulieu, SO42 7ZN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Motor Museum Monorail and Beaulieu Abbey.

National Motor Museum Monorail

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Beaulieu Monorail is England's oldest operating monorail, linking the National Motor Museum to the Beaulieu Palace House. The monorail line passes through the main museum building, allowing passengers to see the automobile collection from above.

Beaulieu Abbey

Photo: E Gammie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beaulieu Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1203–1204 by King John and populated by 30 monks sent from the abbey of Cîteaux in France, the mother house of the Cistercian order. Beaulieu Abbey is situated 910 feet southeast of National Motor Museum.

Beaulieu Palace House

Photo: Przemek Jahr, Public domain.

Beaulieu Palace House is a 13th-century house in Beaulieu, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Originally part of Beaulieu Abbey, the estate was bought in 1538 by Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Beaulieu Palace House is situated 1,100 feet southeast of National Motor Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buckler’s Hard and Dibden Purlieu.

Buckler’s Hard

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Buckler's Hard is a hamlet in the civil parish of Beaulieu, in the New Forest district of Hampshire county, England, on the banks of the Beaulieu River. Buckler’s Hard is situated 2 miles southeast of National Motor Museum.

Dibden Purlieu

Village

Photo: DommoMC, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dibden Purlieu is a village situated on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, England. The village merges with the nearby town of Hythe. It is in the civil parish of Hythe and Dibden. Dibden Purlieu is situated 2½ miles northeast of National Motor Museum.

Hardley

Village

Photo: Gillian Moy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hardley is a suburb of the village of Holbury in the civil parish of Fawley in Hampshire, England. Hardley is situated 3 miles northeast of National Motor Museum.

National Motor Museum

Categories: automobile museum, independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.82308° or 50° 49′ 23″ north

Longitude

-1.45363° or 1° 27′ 13″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9C2WRGFW+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 46916894

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q568785

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“National Motor Museum” goes by many names.

Chinese: “博利厄國家汽車博物館”
Dutch: “National Motor Museum”
Finnish: “National Motor Museum”
French: “musée automobile de Beaulieu”
French: “Musée automobile de Beaulieu”
French: “National Motor Museum”
German: “National Motor Museum”
Italian: “National Motor Museum”
Japanese: “国立自動車博物館 (ビューリー)”
Russian: “Национальный автомобильный музей”
Spanish: “Museo Nacional del Motor de Beaulieu”
Spanish: “National Motor Museum, Beaulieu”
Spanish: “National Motor Museum”

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