Oxford Bus Museum and Morris Museum

Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England

Oxford Bus Museum and Morris Museum is a location that is excellent your family, with something for everybody. Grandparents reminisce about the buses on which they went to school and grandchildren enjoy the play area with ERN1E, the museum's playbus, William Morris began the first bus service in the City of Oxford using second hand Daimler buses from London. The Museum has 35 buses on display, some of which you can board. On the first and third Sundays in he month from April to October and on most bank holidays there are Free Vintage Bus Ride (see website www.oxfordbusmuseum.org,uk) for details. .Also, on site may be the one and only Morris Motors Band Coach that the OBM Trust has restored! Ongoing renovation jobs can be seen in the Workshop. Also 107 years ago, Morris Motors production in Oxford began. The Morris Museum is focused on William Morris (Lord Nuffield), the Morris Motors Car Company's production at Cowley as well as its workers. Truly the only building to endure from the as soon as famous Morris Motors factory at Cowley is offered a new lease of life, re-erected at the Oxford Bus Museum site to house this exhibition. Historic photographs, information from those who worked there and exhibits of Morris cars and associated memorabilia give site visitors a taste of exactly what life ended up being like in this exciting age. Examples of the vehicles on show include two Bullnose Morris vehicles, a Morris Minor Panda car, an original Mini, a Nuffield Tractor, and a 1953 Oxford MO! There are also 50 historic bicycles showing the developments from its invention in 1817 via some blind alleys which fell by the wayside. There is a cafe and shop and admission is only £7 for adults, £6 for concessions, £4 for 5 to 15 year olds, and under fives and carers are free.

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