Such a lovely museum which will keep you occupied for an hour or two, and its only £4 to go in. There are lots of Microcars from those which appear to have rear seats and be suited to a family to the BMW Isettas which pretty much everyone of a certain age recognises as a 'Bubble Car'. Also there are several dioramas; scenes from shop fronts and other things from the same era. I loved everything about the museum except for the tea room at the front. Due to everything being very old in the museum, theres a general musty fusty aroma. I don't know what the cafe serves up besides Tea, Coffee and cakes but one of our party chose a piece of chocolate cake which was extremely bland and awful. I'd suggest if you want food, call in to Langrick Station cafe which is 3 minutes down the road on the opposite side. PS The cafe at the museum has been severely marked down by the Food Standards Agency 31/5/23 -They have scored 1 which means a Major improvement is necessary. They'll have to spend a lot to make it somewhere people would want to eat. As I said previously, before we knew this, my friend had a ghastly piece of 'chocolate cake' there....
Read moreI was very impressed. I was quite excited about visiting The Bubblecar Museum and wasn't disappointed in the slightest. There was a really good selection of cars and plenty of information about them. What I really liked is it was more than just about cars, but about the era when these cars were popular and the displays around the side were done really well.
The gift shop and cafe were well presented and staff extremely friendly and welcoming.
(there are some items that may offend some people, but please remember that this is a museum and shows the past. Things that were popular then, might not be now as people's views and culture changes. Things we like today might offend in the future, but we shouldn't pretend that the past didn't happen)
Overall its worth a visit and well presented. Definitely worth a visit if in the area.
Covid On entering you are asked to provide tracing details and hand sanitiser is available. Masks are worn indoors and social distancing is encouraged on entering and groups are staggered to...
Read moreWe looked forward as a family to go here for quite a while but although the museum is great value for money and would recommend it for a way of killing an hr or two, the unhappy old woman serving us was not very pleasant and the guy/owner didn't know how much they charged that day for entry. On top of that when we were served our beverages the two tea cups looked like they had just been rinsed under a hot tap with remnants of the last brew and lipstick still on the cups. The tea pot looked like she took it out of the museum itself, not because of it's age but because it looked like it had never seen soap since the late 70's. The cobwebs and dirt within the cafe area was quite disgusting. All in all avoid the cafe like it has the plague with attitude but museum was a nice 30 min to an hr stroll. Unfortunately it didn't end there just before we were leaving I thought I best use the bathroom and well the only thing clean in there was the inside of the...
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