Bay to Birdwood
The Bay to Birdwood for 2018 is an event for veteran, vintage and early-classic vehicles and will take place on Sunday 30 September. Entries are open to all original cars, motorcycles, vans, trucks and commercial vehicles built before 31 December 1959. Finish Event The Bay to Birdwood fin...
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Chamberlain 8
The Chamberlain 8 The only custom racing car wholly designed and built in Australia. The Chamberlain 8 is an Australian Special race car built by brothers Bob and Bill Chamberlain. The first version was constructed by Bob and his friend Eric Price in 1929. The original Chamberlain featured a ...
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The Holden Company in Australia
J.A. Holden & Co was first established in Australia in 1856 by James Holden as a leather and saddlery business. Henry Adolph Frost joined as a business partner in 1885, and the company was renamed Holden & Frost Ltd. Motor vehicle bodies were produced by the company in 1905. By 1917 Holden&#...
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The 1920’s Garage
Come and see what the interior of a typical mechanical workshop looked like in the 1920s. The 1920s Garage is a faithful reproduction of Maerschel’s Garage, which operated in Birdwood until the 1980s. Originally running as a wheelwright and coachbuilding business, Maerschel’s was a typical count...
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Solid Ground: a History of the Birdwood Mill
Until 1998, the National Motor Museum’s collection was housed in the old Birdwood Mill. This exhibition journeys through the history of the site. Solid Ground explores the history of the Museum site from its origins before German settlers established the town and built the first flour m...
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Race in Virtual Reality
A Virtual Reality video game has been created especially for the Museum by local South Australian developers Novus-Res. Based on the 1980s Adelaide Grand Prix circuit using VR technology; this is brand new gaming which is fully immersive. Damon Hill, Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Bergher raced the famous...
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School Holidays: Make your own Lego Movie
Visit the National Motor Museum during the school holidays and join GooRoo Animations for a fun workshop creating a Lego movie based around a car assembly line. While at the Museum, check out the new and spectacular [Re]Assembled display featuring six Holden vehicles suspended from the ceiling. All...
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What’s on
Located in the stunning Adelaide Hills, the National Motor Museum grounds play regular host to some of the finest social motoring events in Australia, including the Bay to Birdwood Finish Event. The extensive grounds also attract motoring clubs from the wider community that regularly hold days and...
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Vision & Values
Giving the past a future now! The National Motor Museum is a social place where visitors of all ages, backgrounds and abilities know their community is included and their stories valued. Since 1965 millions of visitors have enjoyed discovering Australia’s motoring heritage at the Museum...
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