OUR VISION
To engage, entertain, empower and enable people by unlocking amazing stories of human endeavour. We aim to change perceptions about motor racing and STEM (science, technology, engineering & maths), inspire visitors to realise their potential and deliver shared experiences.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to deliver a customer experience that is authentic, passionate, safe and seamless and create an amazing day out for all our visitors. By fostering shared responsibility for the customer experience, we will make the Silverstone Interactive Museum the UK’s best independent visitor attraction.
We will use the unique potential offered by motorsport to engage minds both young and old with STEM subjects in the most exhilarating, immersive and interactive way. Through the story of Silverstone we will make motor racing accessible for both fans and people with no prior interest in the sport.
We will preserve and celebrate motor racing heritage from the epicentre of global motorsport and increase awareness of the value of engineering. Our educational experiences will be inspiring, engaging and entertaining.
OUR STORY
The project to create an educational centre for British motor sport began in 2012 with the charitable mission of bringing to the public a museum for the exhibition and preservation of artefacts, archives and collections of educational and historic value. All those involved in achieving this mission are delighted to see the Silverstone Museum open its doors in 2019.
The task of turning a former Second World War RAF hangar into a state-of-the-art 4000m visitor attraction has been filled with challenges. It has taken over seven years and cost in excess of £20million to create a home for the important BRDC archive, and a hub for motor sport fans and families to explore racing at Silverstone. Through support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund we have been able to preserve the historic building and protect the archive for the future.
Our charitable mission extends to inspiring the next generation of engineers and has won support from all aspects of the motor sport world, so the Silverstone Museum is filled with brilliant artefacts and objects that help tell the tale of motor sport at Silverstone in the most exciting way. A skilled team of archivists have worked for years to bring to life many untold and inspiring stories to entertain our visitors. Opening our doors to the public means we move into the next chapter of our story, and we look forward to welcoming all our visitors – from school groups to families and life-long motorsport fans – as they enjoy Silverstone Museum.
