Report: Jaguar to close museum, looking for new location Car News and Review

Jaguar’s headquarters and production were located at Browns Lane in Conventry for more than fifty years. Part of the complex included the Jaguar Heritage Museum and its collection of 150 cars, so when the Browns Lane site was sold in 2007 to an Australian developer, the countdown began on the museum’s remaining time.

Now comes the formal annunciation that the collection will vacate its current spot in September, the tragedy being that it might not relocate to a publicly approachable location. Museum reps say that the collection will continue to be in circulation, either on the historical circuit like Goodwood or on loan to other museums. Even now the Jaguar Heritage Museum only has around 30 cars on-site.

Nevertheless, unless some other location is secured you won’t be capable to just show up, purchase a ticket and stroll among cars like the 1935 SS Airline AWR564, 1950 Jaguar XK 120 NUB120 or 1956 Jaguar D-type ‘Long Nose’ 393RW. You’ll also miss Austin Powers’ “Shaguar,” if that’s more your style.