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  2. List of museums in Columbus, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of museums in Columbus, Ohio and non-profit and university art galleries. The city's first museum was the Walcutt Museum, opened July 1851. At its opening, the museum had about six wax figures and a few paintings. It grew to have about 20 wax figures, several hundred animal specimens, and about 100 quality oil paintings. [1]

  3. Brooklands Museum - Wikipedia

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    Brooklands Museum is a motoring and aviation museum occupying part of the former Brooklands Motor Course in Weybridge, Surrey, England.. Formally opened in 1991, the museum is operated by the independent Brooklands Museum Trust Ltd, a private limited company (No.02109945) and a registered UK charity (No.296661); its aim is to conserve, protect and interpret the heritage of the Brooklands site.

  4. Halford Special - Wikipedia

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    The Halford Special is currently kept at the Grand Prix exhibit at the Brooklands Motor Museum and is still used periodically in Vintage Sports Car Club and other events for historic racing cars. The car was involved in an accident at a VSCC race meeting at Silverstone in 2008 but is now restored back to original condition.

  5. 21 Great Car Museums and Car Shows Worth The Drive - AOL

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    If you love classic cars, get your motor running and visit these great car museums and car shows. Get the lowdown on shows such as the Concours d'Elegance and top collections including the Henry ...

  6. Brooklands - Wikipedia

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    The Brooklands motor circuit was the brainchild of Hugh Fortescue Locke-King, and was the first purpose-built banked motor race circuit in the world.Following the Motor Car Act 1903, Britain was subject to a blanket 20 mph (32 km/h) speed limit on public roads: at a time when nearly 50% of the world's new cars were produced in France, there was concern that Britain's infant auto-industry would ...

  7. Percy E. Lambert - Wikipedia

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    He later worked with his older brother, Harold Charles Lambert, in the motor trade. They sold Austin and later Singer cars in Westminster. [2] His niece was the artist Mary Wondrausch. [3] Percy first raced at Brooklands motor racing circuit (near Weybridge, Surrey) in 1910 aged 29. He drove a streamlined Austin called "Pearly III".

  8. Jay Leno's look inside one of the top car collection museums ...

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    The museum was founded in 1994 by Robert E. Petersen, a publishing giant who helped to shape American car culture. Comedian Jay Leno is one of the museum's biggest fans and has had a lifelong love ...

  9. Thomson & Taylor - Wikipedia

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    In 1926 Malcolm Campbell had opened the 'Campbell Shed' at Brooklands, trading in racing sports cars. As the name suggests, this was a simply constructed wooden shed but it grew bigger and bigger, even being used to hold a barn dance in 1931. [1]