"Cycle Pionners 1868 - 1900" Transport Museum, Coventry – England
The exhibition "Cycle Pionners 1868 - 1900" presented almost the entire collection, including the machines that normally hide the museum deposit.
Contact: https://www.transport-museum.com/visiting/cycle_pioneers_1868_to_1900.aspx
Photos: with thanks Anton Blinof
The Coventry Transport Museum has a large collection of bicycles, a large part of it comprising the collection of H.W.Bartleet, the greatest collector of Veteran and Vintage bicycles in the first quarter of the 20th Century, and the author of the wonderful Bartleet's Bicycle Book. There are many very important machines.
Contact: www.transport-museum.com
Streetlife Museum, Hull - England
There are six galleries at the Streetlife Museum -
The Bicycle Gallery -
explores the history and development of the bicycle and its links to Hull’s history. It has an excellent collection of early bicycles including an 1818 Hobby Horse.
The Carriage Gallery -
has one of the finest carriage collections in public ownership in Britain. Make sure you enjoy the smells of the stable as you step from the Hull York Mail Coach ride.
The Motor Car Gallery -
takes you to the 1900 Motor Show, with rare veteran motor cars dating from 1897 onwards.
The Streetscene Gallery -
is where you find yourself on a busy street of reconstructed shops. There is a cycle shop, a Yorkshire chemist shop and a Hull Co-operative shop from the 1930s.
The Railway Gallery -
is a reconstructed 1930s goods shed containing several items of interest, including the Cottingham North signal box, transported brick by brick from its original location and reassembled here.
The Joseph Rank Gallery looks at the life, career and legacy of Joseph Rank, the industrial revolution in flour milling and Hull’s ideal location as the catalyst for this to happen. On display are replicas of Joseph Rank’s freedom of the city scroll and the silver commemorative windmill commissioned to house it. You’ll also find an interactive feature which shows how roller milling produces flour and a digital picture frame showing views of the River Hull which was dominated by Joseph Ranks’ massive Clarence Mills complex
Contact:https://www.hullmuseums.co.uk/streetlife-museum/plan-your-visit-streetlife/2
Penny – Farthing museum - England
The first high-wheel bicycle museum in England is located in a picturesque coffee house in Knutsford.
Ned Passey Collection and Benson VCC Annual Rally, Benson – England
The chance rescue of a penny farthing from a scrapheap over 50 years ago has turned the village of Benson into a Mecca for bicycling enthusiasts. Many cyclists and enthusiastics from across the world will bring all manner of pre-1926 bikes to take part in the Benson Veteran Cycle Club Rally.The event was founded in 1960 by the club's life president Ned Passey (was born 1921), after he saved a penny farthing being thrown out by his father.
Over fifty years later, he has built up a personal collection of 450 historic bicycles.
Annual Benson Vintage Bicycle Rally
Photos: The Bensington Society
Contact: http://www.bensington-society.com/#!blank/c1uk0
184/A - Benson VCC Annual Rally
National Cycle Museum - Lincoln 1984 - 1996/97, England
Ray Fixter, a prominent member of the Boston Veteran Bicycle Club was a big enthusiastic and lover of antique bicycle. He set up the bicycle museum at Belton House. In 1979 Fixter obtained Charitable Trust status no 511257 and remand the project The National Cycle Museum. It was opened on 26th April 1980 under name Belton Cycle Museum, by Michael Montague, chairman of the English Tourist Board with exhibits from Ray's own collection, the Raleigh collection, Science Museum and various private individuals
Mr Fixter passed away in 1983 and Mr Jim Maynard, Ted Skeet and Tony Pickering, members of the BMVCC made the official company registration No 1821702. The National Cycle Museum was now a company, limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. Short time latter the museum was moved from Belton to Lincoln and there was open for public. But in 1988 the City of Lincoln Policy and Resources sub-committe emerget more lucrative project for space where the museum was. The museum at Lincoln was closed down in 1996/97.
Now, the collection is show on public display at the Automobile Palace, Llandrindon Wells which was occupied for many years by Norton as a Cycle and Motorcar dealer.
Contact - National Cycyle Museum Lincoln: museum was clossed
Contact - Llandrindon Wells: here or http://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/
Brooklands Museum, Surrey - England
Above all, Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd is an incredible atmosphere and a true paradise for technology and motoring history buffs.
The first photo gallery takes you through the entire exhibition and the photos were taken during the last visit in 2023.
Contakt: http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/
British Cycling Museum, Camelford in Cornwall – England
The museum had a collection of 400 machines and the very characteristic atmosphere of Old England.
Contact: The museum was closed in 2009.
Transport Museum, Coventry – England
The Coventry Transport Museum has a large collection of bicycles, a large part of it comprising the collection of H.W.Bartleet, the greatest collector of Veteran and Vintage bicycles in the first quarter of the 20th Century, and the author of the wonderful Bartleet's Bicycle Book. There are many very important machines.
Contact: www.transport-museum.com
The Science museum - London, England
The Science museum in London is one of very famous museums around the world. The bicycle collection is exceptional, but 99% bicycle is in deposit. When my good friend visited this museum, he was very disappointed and he had writen on his blog http://vintagebicycle.wordpress.com/ about it. It is interesting and truthfull story.
Contact: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
Photos from museum:
Max´s blog: http://www.veliciousbicycles.com/ and Tim´s blog: http://vintagebicycle.wordpress.com/
National Motor Museum, Beaulieu – England
This is a superb educational museum full of automobiles, motorcycles and bicycles.
Contact: www.beaulieu.co.uk/beaulieu/lotstosee-national-motor-museum
Photos were taken 2017:
13/A National Motor Museum, Beaulieu – England
Mortorcycles in Beulieu 2017:
13/B National Motor Museum, Beaulieu – England
Photos were taken 2008: