Hundreds of model cars and toys from the National Motor Museum are on display at the Cascades Shopping Centre. Picture: Beaulieu Enterprises Ltd.Hundreds of model cars and toys from the National Motor Museum are on display at the Cascades Shopping Centre. Picture: Beaulieu Enterprises Ltd.
Hundreds of model cars and toys from the National Motor Museum are on display at the Cascades Shopping Centre. Picture: Beaulieu Enterprises Ltd.

Model cars and toys are at Cascades Shopping Centre in Portsmouth as part of Beaulieu's National Motor Museum exhibition

DOZENS of model cars from the National Motor Museum are on display in Portsmouth.

It is part of the museum’s Motoring In Miniature – On Tour exhibition, showing off classic toys from all ages in the Cascades Shopping Centre.

It is spread across six windows on a corner of one of the shopping centre’s thoroughfares, showing off a large variety cars and playsets.

A giant roadway is the centre piece of the exhibition and is chocked full of colourful cars of different designs.

Brands on display include such as Corgi, Dinky, Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Triang and many more.

Toy garages are also on display, along with motoring-themed games, puzzles and Scalextric layouts of different eras.

The National Motor Museum in Beaulieu wants to capture the public’s imagination – young and old – and tell the story of motoring through its exhibitions.

This exhibition has been adapted to go on tour for the first time, and people can see all it has to offer until spring.

Here are some of the photos of the display.

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