More than £25 million worth of cars now grace Jaguar’s Heritage Collection – and for the first time ever the museum will be open to the general public.

In the past few visitors had been allowed in because the collection was housed in the middle of Jaguar’s Browns Lane factory.

However, now the factory has been demolished a new entrance from Browns Lane has been opened to give access to all.

The collection has been a major attraction for Jaguar enthusiasts from all over the world and the re-opening this week is expected to make it a magnet to visitors.

The collection consists of 118 cars with some 25 on show at any given time. The rest are stored in a top secret location in the Midlands and rotated every few weeks.

Cars include a D-Type Jaguar worth £3 million and a C-Type valued at £2 million.

Peter Mitchell, the founder of the collection, said they also had 44 cars which were “duplicates” or not so important and these would be sold to make way for more special models.

“I have a wish list which includes a lightweight E-Type and a Jaguar XK SS, which would complete the collection nicely,” he said.

A charge of £5 has now been introduced for adults but each additional adult pays just £1.