PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MG ROOM HAS NOW CLOSED
AND WILL RE-OPEN AFTER THE
MUSEUM REFURBISHMENT
IN 2012
This has been a temporary
exhibition and funds are being raised
for the refurbishment
please see Museum Development page
for details
donations greatly accepted (made
payable to Abingdon Museum Friends MG Room)
..............WATCH THIS SPACE..............
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MG Exhibition (In association with the M.G. Car Club and the M.G. Owners’ Club)
MG’s were made in Abingdon for fifty years.
The
founder of MG was Cecil Kimber, the General Manager of Morris
Garages (from which the car takes its acronym). Kimber’s notion
was to modify some of the Morris cars to make them more fun and
exciting to drive. The idea was a success and production of the
cars soon outgrew the company’s Oxford premises. In 1929 a
disused factory in Abingdon was chosen to take over production
and the name MG was coined. In 1930 the MG Car Company severed
its links with Morris.
A staircase trail covers the history of
MG production, and the exhibition room features photographs of
making and racing MGs, prototype model cars, trophies and
memorabilia. The MG Room is a taster for a bigger exhibition at
the museum next summer, and hopefully for a much larger presence
in the museum in the future.
Following the popular MG
at Speed exhibition held in the main Gallery from May until
August, the MG room on the upper floor has now reopened and now
displays some different memorabilia, so be sure to visit even if
you have been before!!
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