The Lanchester Interactive Archive celebrates one of Britain’s greatest engineers and inventors,Frederick William Lanchester
(1868 – 1946).
Who are we?
About Us
Find out more about how this project is bringing to life the legacy of unsung engineering hero, Frederick Lanchester – ‘Britain’s Leonardo da Vinci’
Discovery Space
Jump in our Lanchester car, see Fred’s inventions come to life, take a look at his sketch books and much, much more
News & Events
Keep up to date with all the latest news and events about the project, from Lanchester Day to our community projects
Interactive Archive
Explore thousands of pages of notes, drawings and diagrams from Fred’s sketchbooks, blueprints and correspondence
Social media
What's new?
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03 04 '200 CommentsLove it 0While remarkable efforts are being made to covert exhibition centres into vast temporary hospitals, and…
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01 04 '20Once again, we’re joining in with the #Archive30 challenge on Twitter for April. Each day,…
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25 03 '20Feeling creative? Today we launch our online SketchClub so we can all be creative remotely,…
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19 03 '20Unfortunately from today, Thursday 19th March 2020, the Lanchester Interactive Archive space is closed to…