By One of Lincolnshire’s best known motoring attractions is opening its doors for one final August Bank Holiday weekend. Locals, holidaymakers, families, car clubs and motoring fans are invited to give it a proper send-off.
On Your Marques Model Car Museum will welcome visitors over the forthcoming August Bank Holiday Weekend, from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 29, Sunday 30 and Monday 31 August 2026. The museum houses more than 1,200 model cars and motorsport memorabilia, plus a four-lane Scalextric circuit and the Pit Stop Café.
Created by Jane and Chris Dring, the family-run museum has been closed for the past few years because of Chris’s ill health, while Jane passed away unexpectedly in 2012.
For its final weekend, family, friends and locals are joining forces, with relatives travelling from as far away as Spain to help open the museum for the last time. Support has also arrived from across the car industry, while car clubs are also planning visits.
Leading the weekend is Jane and Chris’s nephew, automotive journalist Steve Fowler – currently EV Editor of The Independent, Chair of World Car Awards and co-founder of Carblah.com having previously edited Auto Express, What Car? and Autocar. Steve is using his motoring connections to help fill the museum for one last celebration and raise money for The National Brain Appeal and dementia research.
Commenting on the final opening, Steve said, “This is On Your Marques’ last lap, and we want it packed with people, laughter and Scalextric racing.”
The Details
When: August Bank Holiday Weekend – Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August 2026
Time: 10am to 4pm each day
Where: Thrumber Marsh Lane, Mumby, Lincolnshire, LN13 9TL (///outsize.wipes.education)
See and do: More than 1,200 model cars, motorsport memorabilia, four-lane Scalextric and Pit Stop Café
Entry by donations: to the National Brain Appeal for dementia research
