JANUARY

BREAKING NEWS!

20-01-2010
SpeedFest
Top quality performance and sports car show

Jaguar roadshow of 6 historic racers including C-types and D-types coming to Alford from the Mile Miglia in Turin, sponsored by Stratstone Jaguar, Scots Bearings and Overton Vehicle Recycling, stunt driving by the world's best, Russ Swift, sponsored by the John Clark Group (Mini), supercar pursuit, supercar rides, 2 car classic autotests, trade stands, simulators, and children's rides!

EXHIBITION NEWS!

18-01-2010
The Coaching Era

This exhibition will include the recently acquired 'Moffat Hero' stage coach, a Mail Coach and a couple of good examples of private carriages. It will tell the story of road improvements, turnpike trusts, first horse-drawn public transport, stage coaches, moving the mail and the use of horses and coaching inns for long scheduled journeys.

Two 'larger than life' characters from the period will be included to tell the human story: Aberdeenshire's Captain Barclay of Ury with his 'Defiance' Stage Coach service and Edinburgh's John Croall, the biggest and most determined stage coach proprietor in Scotland.

Cars for the Future

This temporary exhibition will probe the future of the car. It has been requested by our education sector users! We are asking relevant organisations for assistance in presenting some topical and current material: power trains, models, electric vehicles, duel fuel and eco vehicles etc.

We intend to run this show for 3 years but to refresh it for every season to keep it right up to date, current and topical. The timing is perfect as eco friendly cars are poised to appear in numbers on British roads over the next few years. EV technology in particular will be fully explored.

We would like to acknowledge and thank the Postal Heritage Museum (British Postal Museum and Archive), the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon, Jaguar Heritage, Mitsubishi Cars, Peugeot, Renault and Aberdeen City Museums for exhibit loans.

NEW EXHIBITIONS

04-01-2010
Inside the museum we are putting together two new special exhibitions. 'The Coaching Era' and 'Cars for the Future'. More information can be found on their relative pages.
If anyone has any material or information that can help, please contact us!

MUSEUM OPENING 2010

01-01-2010
The museum will re-open for the 2010 season on Sunday the 28th of March. To mark the occasion, we will be steaming Postie Lawson's beloved Craigievar Express for the first time in 5 years after it has had important restoration work during the Winter period. This is to coincide with a Lawson family gathering, including family members from as far away from Australia!