What an amazing attraction with an superb treasure trove of tv and film memorabilia including cars from films such as Harry Potter, The Spy Who Loved Me, 51st State and more. Look out for the prop rocket launcher used by Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies and The Walther air pistol used in the classic "From Russia With Love" photo shoot with Sean Connery. The museum has been visited by original 007 cast members including Richard Kiel “JAWS” and Caroline Munro “Naomi”. Hollywood runs in the family as the owners son has taken to big screen himself as a talented actor. It’s well worth a visit and is easily accessible from Edinburgh. While you are there it’s also worth visiting Blackness Castle used during the filming of Outlander and Mary...
Read moreHaving been 'conned' out of £100 for a weekday visit (the owner invited 4 friends, who we unwittingly paid for) I have done research into some of the exhibits, and it appears that many of the "famous" cars are actually replicas, and not originals from the various films and tv programmes. Chitty chitty bang bang Gen 11 is owned by Peter Jackson and is in New Zealand. The Bumblebee VW is in Missouri. The Trotters Reliant Robin is a replica. Several of the James Bond cars are privately owned, and are not in the Bo'ness museum. There are many vintage, and veteran cars in the museum, but when it comes to famous cars, most appear to be replicas,...
Read moreWent up a couple of weeks ago with my fiance , met the owner , Colin i think ?, a warm welcome after booking in advance , stayed at the Richmond park hotel up the road ,Unbelievable collection of cars and motorcycles , full size Daleks ! ,K9 , Davros, Star wars , all upstairs , massive models , thunderbirds 1 , 2 , and 3 , Huge star trek Uss enterprise !, lost in space B9, james bond Lotus Esprit ,genuine film props , corgi , Dinky collectables , and Dioramas , an absolute gem ,took us a couple of hours to take it all in cannot wait...
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