National Association of Road Transport Museums

What we do

For a number of years NARTM was an informal organisation with the primary role of a forum to enable members to share ideas, experience and know-how through its meetings and quarterly newsletter. During more recent years there have been many changes in the heritage sector, not least the advent of the Museum Accreditation Scheme, now administered by Arts Council England, and the National Lottery Heritage Fund (“NLHF”), both of which organisations have had a very positive impact on transport heritage as a whole. In order to be able to take advantage of this opportunity NARTM member organisations, many of which are run on a voluntary basis, have sought to become more professional and formal in the way they are constituted and managed. NARTM has also become more formal. It is now a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. The board consists of persons from member organisations who have many years’ experience and give their time, advice and resources freely. NARTM membership has risen very rapidly from around 20 a few years ago to almost 100 currently and represents the full spectrum from large public sector museums with full time staff such as the London Transport Museum to smaller volunteer run charities and museums, as well as individuals’ private collections. Between them they hold over 3,000 historic vehicles.

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