Gavin Williamson, MP for South Staffordshire officially opened the British Motor Museum in Warwickshire last week.
The Museum, which has re-opened following a £5.1m refurbishment was formerly known as the Heritage Motor Centre and has an extra 250 cars from the reserve collections now on display.
Gavin was joined by former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson to cut the ribbon officially opening the museum after the 2 month refurbishment.
The opening coincides with half term which will see a number of different activities such as the “Build a British Car Week” from 13 – 21 February. Everyday children of all ages will be able to test their knowledge with the ‘Family Story’ trail and join one of the workshops in the Lego Education Innovation Studio where they can get creative building British cars with Lego bricks.
After the event Gavin said: “It was a huge honour to officially open the British Motor Museum. I have loved classic cars since my father took me to the British Motor Show as a child. I am therefore delighted to be here today amongst 400 of the finest historical British cars to declare the Museum and its Collections Centre open for business.
“The British Motor Museum is instrumental in enabling visitors to learn more about the past, present and future of the British motor industry, its technology and its people. With the exciting improvements and enhancements now made, the Museum can now be counted as being amongst the best motor museums in the world”.