The National Motor Racing Museum sits at the foot of Mount Panorama, close enough to the circuit that the setting does half the work. Inside are touring cars, motorcycles, trophies, race footage, and the kind of detail that turns Bathurst from a road on a hill into a national sporting obsession.
You do not need to be a racing tragic to get something out of it, but fans will get far more. Visit before or after driving the circuit so the cars, corners, and race stories line up in your head.