The Technology Collection

The Motor Racing Gallery celebrates Bexhill’s role at the birth place of British Motor racing. Featuring, three racing cars representing different eras and technology. The Museum has the 1993 Volta electric racing car, a reproduction 1902 Serpollet or ‘Easter Egg’ which has a steam engine and 1958 mark 3 Elva. Have a go at changing a car’s tyre, installing spark plugs and see how engines work.  Look at how the motor car has changed the modern world bringing benefits and hazards to society and the environment.

► Birthplace of British Motor Racing

7th Earl De La Warr started the development of Bexhill-on-Sea as a fashionable resort from the rural inland village of Bexhill in 1883. After the Earl’s son and heir Viscount Cantelupe married in 1891 the control of the Bexhill estate was passe...