National Motor Racing Museum

The National Motor Racing Museum is Australia's motor sport museum, on the outside of Murray's Corner at the foot of Mount Panorama in Bathurst. It started as a temporary display, and Peter Brock officially opened it as the Bathurst Motor Racing Museum in 1988. Bathurst Regional Council runs it as one of the four Museums Bathurst sites.

The museum owns 17 cars, 5 motorcycles and outfits and about 4,700 smaller items, including trophies, helmets and race suits. The floor holds over 100 racing cars and motorcycles, most of them lent by teams, drivers and makers such as Triple Eight Race Engineering, Brad Jones Racing, Craig Lowndes and Holden Motorsport. Touring cars lead, with open wheelers, rally cars, speedway machines and motorcycles from the 1920s to today, and the loaned cars change between visits.

Out the front stands the Peter Brock memorial by sculptor Julie Squires: Brock on the roof of his 1984 Bathurst winning VK Commodore. Inside, the Immersive Room plays racing filmed with the museum's own replica race cars on the closed Mount Panorama track.

• The museum's own collection of 17 cars and 5 motorcycles and outfits sits alongside over 100 racing cars and motorcycles lent by teams, drivers and makers, across touring cars, open wheelers, rally, speedway, drag racing, sports cars and motorcycles. The loaned cars rotate, so the floor changes between visits.
• At the time of writing, Peter Brock: King of the Mountain marks 20 years since his death and runs to the end of the NSW December school holidays. It has the Holden Monaro 427 that won the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour (527 laps and 3,274 km from 2nd on the grid), the VB Commodore that won the 19,000 km 1979 Repco Reliability Trial, kept as it finished with the dents and dust, his 1984 Bathurst winning VK Commodore, the 1994 VP Commodore and a replica of his first race car, an Austin A30.
• The Immersive Room: engine noise and footage of racing at Mount Panorama, shot with the museum's replica race cars on the closed circuit.
• Mount Hondarama, a Lego Mount Panorama donated by Honda: over 150,000 bricks, built by Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught and a team of eight over 650 hours, with Civic Type Rs, first generation Civics, motorcycles, lawnmowers and race fans riding motorised Eskies hidden through it.
• Original trophies, race suits, leathers, helmets, programs, photos and race footage telling the stories of drivers and events from the Vale circuit era to Supercars and GT racing.
• A Peter Brock artwork by Bathurst artist Calum Hotham, donated by Supercars, on permanent display.
• A gift shop with souvenirs and racing memorabilia.
• Bringing friends or family? The park beside the museum has children's playground equipment, gas barbecues and picnic tables.

• Open 9am to 4:30pm Monday and Wednesday to Sunday, closed Tuesdays. Open 7 days during NSW school holidays. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
• Access to the museum may be restricted during race events at Mount Panorama. Groups planning a race weekend visit need to contact the museum well ahead.
• General admission is bought at the museum: adult AU$15, concession AU$11, child 5 to 18 years of age and at school AU$7.50, family AU$39, under school age free. Prices are valid to 30 June 2027.
• A companion gets in free when a valid Companion Card is shown at purchase.
• The Two Week Ticket covers one entry to each of the four Museums Bathurst sites within 14 days of the first visit: adult AU$50, concession AU$37, child AU$22, family AU$125, with 10% off shop purchases. It is sold at any of the museums or the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre.
• Memberships give 12 months of unlimited entry. One museum: adult AU$74, concession AU$53, child AU$25. All four museums: adult AU$150, concession AU$120, child AU$25. A child membership covers every child in the household and is free with two adult memberships. Members get 10% off shop purchases and 10% off entry for friends and family visiting with them.
• Groups of 10 or more get AU$2 per person off admission when booked before arrival by email to museums@bathurst.nsw.gov.au. Car and bike clubs can ask for car park space to be reserved, and the museum can arrange catering for clubs.
• School groups: teacher led tours of 60 minutes at AU$5.50 per student, minimum 10 students. Sessions run Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with the last starting at 3pm. Guided tours and self guided briefings are arranged ahead. Cancellations within 24 hours and no shows are charged in full.
• The museum runs event days such as Father's Day Out, which had free entry for dads and laps of Mount Panorama in one of the museum's replica race cars, booked by phone. These days are listed on the Bathurst region events calendar.
• Venue hire outside opening hours. Galleries: 200 theatre style, 250 cocktail or 120 dining, AU$850 for 4 hours plus AU$3 per guest and AU$77 per staff member per hour. Meeting room: 30 U shape or 20 boardroom, AU$368 a full day or AU$210 a half day. There is a catering kitchen, and outside caterers are welcome. Not for profit community groups can ask about a 20% reduction. Rates are valid to 30 June 2027.
• Car park in front of the museum with room for coaches, motorhomes and caravans. Accessible spaces are free for mobility parking permit holders.
• The museum is at 400 Panorama Avenue, beside the Mount Panorama circuit. The museum gives Bathurst as 207 km west of Sydney and 251 km from Canberra.
• Public toilets, a unisex accessible toilet and a baby change table.
• The main entrance is by ramp and the museum is fully wheelchair accessible. Trained, registered and visibly identified assistance animals are welcome with their handler.
• Phone (02) 6332 1872, from overseas +61 2 6332 1872. Email museums@bathurst.nsw.gov.au.

• Visited: 2025
• Last verified: 1 November 2026
• Official link: https://museumsbathurst.com.au/nmrm/