Lambretta Scooter Museum

The Lambretta Scooter Museum is in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. Its 4,000 square feet (371.6 m2) houses a total of 61 Lambretta models – at least one from each year between October 1947 through to May 1971, collected by Nigel Cox, the author of Lambretta Innocenti: An Illustrated History.

Lambretta Scooter Museum
Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom
LocationWeston-super-Mare, Somerset
Coordinates51.3485°N 2.9700°W / 51.3485; -2.9700

The private collection goes from three model 'A's first produced in 1947, to Lambro three-wheelers, Lambretta mopeds, sales leaflets, world, accessories, posters, magazines, manuals, toys, models, signs, and promotional material.[1]

In 2006, the shop and museum were sold to Stuart Lanning. After a long period of closure, the museum and its exhibits were refurbished and re-opened on 9 August 2008.[2][3] The museum was offered for sale again in 2013.[4]

References
  1. "Lambretta Scooter Museum". Scooterproducts. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  2. "Lambretta Museum opens". Classic Scooterist Scene (July/August 2008).
  3. "Lambretta Scooters". Lambretta Scooters. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  4. Gillard, Andy. "Lambretta Museum for sale". Scootering.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2015.


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