Welcome to the Bugatti Trust
Celebrating Bugatti History
A Charitable Trust whose objectives are to preserve and make available for study the works of Ettore Bugatti.
By joining the Bugatti Trust you help:
- Preserve the heritage of the original Bugatti marque and the technical and historic archives of the factory.
- Provide an accessible working archive to the Bugatti community and enthusiasts around the world. Bookings for group visits and talks are available.
- Preserve the heritage of the artists in the Bugatti family including Rembrandt, Carlo and Lydia.
- Support an active educational STEM outreach programme working with schools, colleges and universities throughout the UK as well as inspire the next generation of engineers and designers. Initiatives include Formula Student, STEM Racing, Formula SAE, VEX Robotics, DofE, drawing classes and bespoke collaborative projects.
Founded over 35 years ago, the Bugatti Trust is a UK registered charity, home to 27,000 technical drawings, over 10,000 historic photographs and thousands of historic documents. Above, a new display created around a Benoist trophy recently purchased for our permanent collection.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION PRIOR TO VISITING
The Bugatti Trust
Prescott Hill
Gotherington
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL52 9RD
The Bugatti Trust is normally open Monday to Friday between 10 am and 4 pm except on Tuesday when we open at 10.30 due to staff training.
Please telephone 01242 677 201 before visiting.
The last admission to the museum is at 3.30pm.
Please note the Bugatti Trust will be closed on the following dates:
Friday 5th June
Monday 8th June
Tuesday 9th June
Wednesday 17th June
Wednesday 24th June
Friday 21st August
Tuesday 1st September
Above: We continue our support of the Cotswold School’s VEX Robotics Club sponsoring their teams and helping judge during the competition days they organise welcoming teams from all over the UK. For 2026 The Trust is increasing the amount of STEM Racing teams sponsored and welcomed the JCB Academy’s STEM Racing club in January.
UWE Racing, FS Team from Bristol, one of the 7 teams we sponsor for 2026 which include TBRe from Bath, Phoenix Racing from Coventry, Cardiff Racing, UoL Racing from Leicester, GCU Racing from Glasgow and London’s UCL Racing. We are also excited to start an Automotive and Transport Design challenge with Coventry’s MA course.
Right: For 2026, ‘Verre et Vitesse’ Lalique exhibition of historic car mascots bringing in a spectacular private collection (call office for full details) which will be followed by ‘From Race to Road– The evolutionary role of the Bugatti Type 30’exhibition which will remain on display until the end of the year.
Don’t forget: Bugatti Type 59 talk for members on June 5th ! Please contact us to book attendance.
Slipstream STEM Racing Team from the Crypt School who performed brilliantly at the national finals this year.
Coventry University Automotive and Transport Design students during a visit to the Trust to kick off their post-war Bugatti design challenge
for 2026.
Current Exhibition
From Race to Road: The Story of the Bugatti Type 30
A new exhibition highlighting the pivotal role of the Bugatti Type 30 in the evolution of Bugatti road and racing cars, the factory, and engineering innovation
Early Bugatti Type 30 outside the Paris Showroom 116 Avenue de Champs Elysées. Photo Courtesy The Bugatti Trust Archive.
March 2026: The Bugatti Trust Museum and Study Centre, Gloucestershire, is delighted to announce a new exhibition opening at the end of May, dedicated to exploring the importance of the Bugatti Type 30 in the development of the Bugatti marque and factory.
As Bugatti’s first production eight-cylinder model, introduced in 1922, the Type 30 marked a step change in performance, engineering sophistication and design, representing a vital link between the early four-cylinder models and the later Grand Prix legends such as the Type 35. Through carefully selected archive material including historic documents and photographs, original factory film footage and technical drawings from the Trust’s extensive collection, the exhibition will show how the Type 30’s advanced inline eight-engine, four-wheel braking and the modified chassis design helped shape Bugatti’s approach to both road and competition cars.
Visitors will discover how the Type 30 underpinned later developments at the
Molsheim factory and how its engineering solutions influenced some of the most successful racing Bugattis of the 1920s.
The Bugatti Trust’s established STEM outreach work which already includes initiatives such as Formula Student, STEM Racing and VEX Robotics as well as collaborative design challenges, will be complemented by new learning resources developed specifically around the Type 30 exhibition.
