National Cycle Collection

The museum holds collection of bicycles through the ages, which was established in 1979 by Ray Fixter, in premises on the estate of Belton House, near Grantham. This collection opened to the public on 26 April 1980 as the Belton Cycle Museum. James Maynard, Edward Skeet and Anthony Pickering took on the running of the museum after the originator and curator, Raymond Fixter died in 1983. After the house was donated to the National Trust the museum was without premises until a new location at Lincoln was offered. The museum opened in Lincoln and the National Cycle Museum in 1984. The museum moved premises once more, to a second venue in Lincoln in 1994, before closing in 1996. In 1997 the…