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As I have aged, I think museums have become more relevant, just as modern racing has become less relevant.
Sure, we'd like to see the cars out on track, or at least, outside in the fresh air, but although NZ has a good depth of interesting cars, it is only when you travel that you really appreciate the vast scope of cars we'd never ever see here and some of these museums do present the cars so well, (Beaulieu, Coventry, Petersen - Los Angeles, Museo Ferrari - Modena, Lamborghini etc.) whilst others are somewhat crammed in (Brooklands) or have frustratingly intrusive signboards (Gaydon).
Others fall just a little short, though not by much and make up for it with the numbers, or variety, or more specialised offerings, such as the Haynes Museum in the UK (on my list for a re-visit this year), Donington (though it is a shadow of what it once was), and Caistor (huge, but no photographs allowed).
I suppose that any trip that includes a large event as well as museums is the ideal.
Great stuff Steve and now on my (new) bucket list.