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.
- 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 and inspire the next generation of engineers and designers. Initiatives supported include FS Formula Student, F1 in Schools, Formula SAE, VEX Robotics, DofE 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.
The Bugatti Trust recently welcomed a group of textile students from an important local secondary school. Their brief ? Design handbags inspired by the Bugatti Story! Their final designs and creations will be on public display soon. Another example of inspiring the next generation and we look forward to you
discovering the display.
The Bugatti Trust continues its sponsorship of the Cotswold School’s VEX Robotics’ club and was thrilled to see a number of its teams progress through to the national finals. The Trust also actively supports the school’s competition events by being part of the judging team for primary and secondary schools.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION PRIOR TO VISITING
The Bugatti Trust
Prescott Hill
Gotherington
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL52 9RD
The Bugatti Trust is normally open Monday to Thursday 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.
The Bugatti Trust will be closed on the following dates due to private visits, essential site maintenance & public holidays:
Monday 8th September 2025
Thursday 16th October 2025
Current Exhibition
Viva la Targa Florio
'Bugatti and The Targa Florio' at The Bugatti Trust May 2025 to April 2026
THE NEW EXHIBITION looks at the historic presence and victorious dominance of Bugatti racing cars from 1925 to 1929 competing in this iconic road race with a spotlight on Elisabeth Junek, the legendary ‘queen of the racing wheel’. Later in the yar this will be followed by a special feature about aviator and racing driver Meo Costantini. Close friend of Ettore Bugatti and head of the racing team, he brought the factory its first Targa Florio victory on May 3rd, 1925, then again in 1926. The exhibition includes cars, photographs, archive documents, artefacts and 15 minutes of original historic film footage bringing the success story of Bugatti at this most gruelling of road races to life. During special weekend open days, the Bugatti Trust team runs regular illustrated PowerPoint presentations with a deeper dive into the race. Please don’t hesitate to contact info@bugatti-trust if you are interested in organizing a group or corporate visit to the museum.
