Lambretta Scooter Museum

Lambretta Scooter Museum

Infobox Museum
name = Lambretta Scooter Museum


established =
location = Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
map_type=Somerset
latitude= 51.3485
longitude= -2.9700
visitors =
director =
website = The Lambretta Scooter Museum is in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. Its convert|4000|sqft|m2|1 houses a total of 61 Lambretta models – at least one from each year between October 1947 through to May 1971, collected by Nigel Cox the author of "Lambretta Innocenti: An Illustrated History".

The private collection goes from three model 'A's first produced in 1947, to Lambro threewheelers, Lambretta mopeds, sales leaflets, world, accessories, posters, magazines, manuals, toys, models, signs, and promotional material. [cite web |url=http://www.mlasouthwest.org.uk/index.php?ID=360&UID=1010&GO=2 |title=Lambretta Scooter Museum |accessdate=2007-10-27 |format= |work=Museums and Libraries Association, South West ]

In 2006, the shop and museum were sold to Stuart Lanning. After a long period of closure, the museum and its exhibits were refurbished and re-opened on 9 August 2008. [Citation
title = Lambretta Museum opens
newspaper = Classic Scooterist Scene
pages =
year =
issue = July/August 2008
url = http://www.scooteristscene.com]

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