A unique Powys museum is set to appear on the BBC’s popular daytime classic Bargain Hunt.
The Cloverlands Model Car Museum, which is home to a collection of around 5,000 model cars, is to feature on the popular BBC One TV antiques series Bargain Hunt on Monday, March 6.
The show’s presenter Charlie Ross, an antiques expert and auctioneer, paid a visit with the film crew to at its new home in Llanfair Caereinion last autumn.
His visit to the museum, which moved from Montgomery to Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway’s base last year, was part of filming for the new series.
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Museum trustee Bruce Lawson said he was excited to see the museum on the BBC’s long running series.
“We can’t wait to see the episode featuring the museum. The timing is perfect, as the museum reopens on April 1,” said Mr Lawson.
“Charlie was quite taken aback by the rarity of some of the models we have in the museum. For filming, we highlighted six or seven models, some dating to 1911, so we’ll have to wait to see how many are featured in the programme.”
Originally established at Montgomery Institute in 2015, the museum began with a collection of around 2,000 models amassed by late motoring historian and model maker Gillian Rogers, of Trefnanney, near Welshpool. She was aware of the move to Llanfair but sadly died on December 27 last year before in happened.
Mr Ross described as the museum as “a wonderful collection with so many memories”, which also boasts ten other collections which have since been loaned or given to the museum – including one from Canada, 1,000 Grand Prix and touring cars and a fine display of American cars.
A selection of more than 1,000 replica models is for sale at the museum for visitors who wish to take away a memento.
The museum opened in its new home last June and has increased footfall greatly, with up to 50 visitors daily.
The Bargain Hunt episode featuring the museum, which will be broadcast on BBC One on March 6 at 11.45am in Wales and 12.15pm in England.
Anybody who misses the episode can always catch it on iPlayer for 30 days after its transmission date.
For more information about the museum, visit: https://www.facebook.com/cloverlandsmuseum
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