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.
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.
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.
Please note the Bugatti Trust will be closed on the following dates:
Tuesday 10th February
Monday 13th April
Tuesday 21st April
Friday 5th June
Friday 21st August
Usual winter hours 10 – 16.00 hrs Monday to Thursday will apply from November 2025 through to February 28th 2026.
Current Exhibition
'Bugatti and The Targa Florio' at The Bugatti Trust May 2025 to April 2026
THE CURRENT 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 year 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.
