Welcome
by Lord Montagu
Welcome to the Beaulieu Estate- home of the Montagu family since 1538 and also home to the world famous National Motor Museum. I first opened Palace House to the public in 1952 and have been welcoming groups for over 50 years.
A feature in our early days was a display of veteran cars in the front hall of Palace House, intended as a memorial to my pioneer motorist father, which sparked a new public interest in old cars. That has now grown into a collection of over 250 vehicles telling the story of motoring from its earliest days to the present.
However, Beaulieu has much more to offer our Group visitors, a 13th century abbey, beautiful grounds and gardens and, nestling on the Beaulieu River, the picturesque village of Buckler's Hard.
Our themed tours for groups have always been very popular and several new tours are now available, with something for everyone, whatever their interest. Building on our award winning education programmes we now offer a number of 'lifelong learning' courses for adult groups on a wide variety of topics.
I hope you will enjoy your visit and please come back and see us again soon.
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
