This gallery is devoted to celebrating Bexhill’s role as the birth place of British Motor racing.
You can see three vehicles representing different eras and technology: a reproduction steam driven 1902 Serpollet or ‘Easter Egg’, a 1958 mk III Elva sports racing car and the 1993 world record breaker Volta electric car.
There are hands on displays so you can have a go at changing a car’s tyre, installing spark plugs and see how engines work.
Birthplace of British Motor Racing
It was the 8th Earl De La Warr who secured the town’s place in history by hosting Britain’s first automobile races on the 19th May 1902.
Transport Exhibition
Bexhill Museum display on public transport history illustrates various methods of public transportation in Bexhill for the past 160 year.
Bexhill 1940: Winter Wartime Model Railway
The brainchild of our Patron, actor and performer Eddie Izzard, the Bexhill 1940 Winter Wartime Model Railway is the centrepiece of our new Bexhill in WWII gallery .