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Britain's National Motor Museum Is Leaving Beaulieu After 60 Years

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Britain's National Motor Museum Is Leaving Beaulieu After 60 Years — PHOTO — MOTORCYCLE NEWS (MCN) / © Motorcycle News (MCN)↗ View original

The National Motor Museum is moving out of Beaulieu in Hampshire after more than 60 years. The relocation covers over 200 vehicles on display and an archive of 1.9 million items designated as internationally important by Arts Council England. Around four years remain on the lease, and September's International Autojumble goes ahead as planned.

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Toshio Araki

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I loved motorcycles before I understood them, and Beaulieu is a place I met first on film. Whenever British cinema or documentary reaches for the two-wheeled past, that building is in the background. Moving 1.9 million archive items means moving where the memory is kept. That cannot have been a light decision.