List of automobile museums
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. An Automobile museum is a museum that explores the history of automotive related transportation.
- Bold - Automobile museums owned by automobile manufacturers
- Italics - no longer open to public access, excludes private or invitation only collections that was never intended for public access
Contents
Automobile museums in Asia
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Toyota Automobile Museum, Nagakute, Japan
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Emirates National Auto Museum, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
China
Iran
Japan
- Honda Collection Hall (Honda)
- Nissan Engine Museum (Nissan)
- Toyota Automobile Museum (Toyota)
- Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology (Toyota)
Kuwait
Macau
South Korea
- Renault Samsung Motors Gallery (Renault Samsung Motors)
- Hyundai Kia R&D Museum (Hyundai Motor Group)
United Arab Emirates
Automobile museums in Australasia
Australia
- Ford Discovery Centre
- Motor Museum of Western Australia[1]
- National Automobile Museum of Tasmania[1]
- National Motor Museum, Birdwood[1]
- National Military Vehicle Museum
- National Road Transport Hall of Fame[1]
- The Australian Motorlife Museum[1]
New Zealand
Automobile museums in the Americas
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America On Wheels, Allentown, PA, United States
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, Speedway, Indiana, United States
Argentina
Canada
Cayman Islands
United States of America
- AACA Museum, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 90 cars on display.[2] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.[3]
- Allen Unique Autos, Grand Junction, CO. Private collection of Tammy Allen.[4]
- America's Car Museum, Tacoma, Washington. 350 cars.[5]
- America On Wheels, Allentown, Pennsylvania. 75 cars, trucks & motorcycles.[6]
- America’s Packard Museum (The Citizens Motorcar Co.), Dayton OH. 60 Packards.[7]
- Antique Car Museum of Iowa, Coralville, IA. 90 cars.[8]
- Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, Auburn, Indiana. 120 cars.[9] Named one of America’s greatest car museums by Autoweek.[10]
- The Auto Collections, Las Vegas NV. Rotating collection of 300 cars.[11]
- Automobile Driving Museum, El Segundo, California. 130 cars.[12]
- Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Birmingham, AL. 50 Lotus race cars, large motorcycle collection.[13]
- Beller Museum, Romeoville IL. 70 cars, mostly from 1928-33. Not open to the public.[14]
- Blackhawk Automotive Museum, Danville CA. 50 cars.[15] Named one of America’s greatest car museums by Autoweek.[10]
- British Transportation Museum, Dayton OH. 30 British cars. Not open in 2015 because moving locations.[16]
- Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum, Madison, Georgia. This museum has closed and the cars sold.[17]
- Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum, Buffalo NY. Features a Frank Lloyd Wright gas station.[18]
- California Automobile Museum, Sacramento, California. 150 cars.[19]
- Canton Classic Car Museum, Canton, OH. 40 cars.[20]
- Champlain Valley Transportation Museum, Plattsburg, NY. 25 cars plus model trains.[21]
- City Garage Car Museum, Greeneville, TN. 40 cars.[22]
- Classic Car Collection, Kearney, NE. 200 cars.[23]
- Cole Land Transportation Museum, Bangor, ME. Anything with wheels. Open in summer only.[24]
- Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, Cleveland, Ohio. About 90 cars, mostly horseless carriages.[25] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.[3]
- Cussler Museum, Arvada, CO. 100 cars, open in summer only.[26]
- Dick's Classic Garage Car Museum, San Marcos, TX. 30 cars.[27]
- Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, Fairbanks Alaska. 80 vehicles.[28] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.[3]
- Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan. Birthplace of the Ford Model T and the oldest car factory building on Earth open to the general public (built 1904).[29]
- The Franklin Auto Museum, Tucson AZ. Collection of Franklin cars.[30]
- Frick Car & Carriage Museum, Pittsburgh, PA. Temporarily closed (2015).[31]
- Gateway Auto Museum, Gateway, CO. 50 cars.[32]
- Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, Michigan. 300 vehicles.[33]
- GM Heritage Center, Sterling Heights, Michigan. 600 GM cars. Not open to the public[34]
- Hemken Collection, Williams IA. 50 cars. Open Wednesdays and Fridays, May–October.[35]
- Henry Ford Museum (Ford Motor Company), Dearborn, Michigan. Cars, artifacts, historical displays.[36] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,[3] Autoweek[10] and Edmunds.[37]
- Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum, Shipshewana IN.[38] Named as one of the most interesting car museums in the country by Popular Mechanics.[39]
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, Speedway, Indiana.[40] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC[3] and Autoweek.[10]
- J.A. Cooley Museum, San Diego. 20 cars plus memorabilia.[41]
- Kansas City Automotive Museum, Olathe,KS. 40 cars.[42]
- Kokomo Automotive Museum, Kokomo, IN. 100 cars plus memorabilia.[43]
- Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, Tennessee. 300 cars.[44] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,[3] Jalopnik,[45] and Popular Mechanics.[39]
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline, MA. Eclectic collection of cars, motorcycles and artifacts.[46]
- LeMay Family Collection, Tacoma, WA. 500 cars plus other vehicles and automotive artifacts.[47]
- Martin Auto Museum, Phoenix, AZ. Small private collection open to public.[48]
- Memory Lane Motorsports & Historic Auto Museum, Mooresville, NC. Specializes in motor sports.[49]
- Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection, North Miami, FL. 200 cars and other vehicles.[50]
- Mullin Automotive Museum, Oxnard, California. Collection of art deco French cars. Open only 10 days a year.[51] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,[3] Autoweek,[10] and Jalopnik.[45]
- Murphy Auto Museum, Oxnard, CA. 60 cars plus model trains.[52]
- Muscle Car City, Punta Gorda, FL. 200 GM muscle cars.[53] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.[3]
- Museum of Automobiles, Morrilton, AR. 50 cars.[54]
- National Automobile Museum, Reno, Nevada. 200 cars.[55] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,[3] Autoweek,[10] and Edmunds.[37]
- National Automotive & Truck Museum, Auburn, IN. Adjacent to the better-known Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum.[56]
- National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky. 70 cars.[57] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC[3] and Edmunds.[37]
- National Packard Museum, Warren, OH. 40 Packards.[58]
- The Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar CA. 250 cars.[59] Named one of America’s greatest car museums by Autoweek.[10]
- Northeast Classic Car Museum, Norwich, New York. 160 cars.[60]
- Nostalgia Street Rods, Goldstrom's Automobile Collection, Las Vegas, NV. 75+ cars plus memorabilia
- Old Spokes Auto Museum, New Smithville, PA. Small collection of mostly Hudsons.[61]
- Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head, Maine. 50 cars from 1885-1940, plus airplanes, motorcycles and other forms of transportation.[62] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.[3]
- Penske Racing Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona. Racing cars and artifacts.[63]
- Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California. Large collection of cars, other vehicles and artifacts.[64] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,[3] Autoweek,[10] and Edmunds.[37]
- Pontiac-Oakland Museum & Resource Center, Pontiac, IL. Cars and memorabilia.[65]
- R. E. Olds Transportation Museum, Lansing, MI. 60 REOs and Oldsmobiles.[66]
- San Diego Automotive Museum, San Diego, CA. Cars and motocycles.[67]
- Saratoga Automobile Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY. Cars and artifacts.[68]
- Seal Cove Auto Museum, Seal Cove, Maine. 50 cars and motorcycles from 1895-1917.[69]
- Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, Philadelphia, PA. 65 cars related to motor sports.[70] Named one of America’s best car museums by Autoweek[10] and Jalopnik.[45]
- Stahls Automotive Foundation, Chesterfield, MI. 80 cars, mostly from 1930's and 40's. Open Tuesdays.[71]
- Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Indiana. Historic Studebakers, Packards and artifacts.[72] Named one of the best car museums in the country by Edmunds[37] and Popular Mechanics.[39]
- Tallahassee Automotive Museum, Tallahassee, FL. 130 cars plus a wide variety of other collectibles.[73]
- Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, Pinellas Park, Florida. 58 cars.[74]
- Toyota USA Automobile Museum (Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.), Torrance, California. Not generally open to the public.[75]
- Tupelo Automobile Museum, Tupelo, Mississippi. 100 cars.[76]
- Vehicle Vault Auto Gallery. 50 Cars. Family Owned Collection. Open to the public.[77]
- Volo Auto Museum, Volo, IL. 50 cars, eclectic collection.[78] Named one of the most interesting car museums in the country by Popular Mechanics.Popular Mechanics.[39]
- Walter P. Chrysler Museum (Chrysler Group), Auburn Hills, Michigan. Not open to the public.[79] Named one of the best car museums in the country by Autoweek.[10]
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, Hood River, Oregon. 130 cars plus large collection of antique planes.[80]
- Wheels O' Time Museum, Peoria, IL. Eclectic local historical displays.[81]
- The William E. Swigart, Jr. Antique Automobile Museum, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. 35 cars on display.[82]
- Wills Sainte Claire Auto Museum, Marysville, MI. 10 Wills cars. Open 2nd Sundays only.[83]
- Wisconsin Automotive Museum, Hartford, WI. 105 cars.[84]
- Woodland Auto Display, Paso Robles, California. Focus is on motor sports.[85]
- Ypsilanti Auto Heritage Museum, Ypsilanti, MI. Features Hudson, Tucker, Kaiser-Frazer and Corvair.[86]
Automobile museums in Europe
AutoWorld, Brussels, Belgium
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Škoda Auto Museum, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
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Musée national de l’automobile (Cité de l'Automobile), Mulhouse, France
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Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot, Sochaux, France
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Autostadt, Wolfsburg, Germany
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Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
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Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
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Museo Ferrari, Maranello, Italy
Louwman Museum, The Hague, Netherlands
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Volvo Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Donington Grand Prix Collection, Castle Donington, United Kingdom
Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, United Kingdom
National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, United Kingdom
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
- Cyprus Historic & Classic Motor Museum[88][non-primary source needed]
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
France
Georgia
- automuseum.ge (Tbilisi Auto Museum)[90]
Germany
- August Horch Museum Zwickau (Audi)
- Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz
- Autosammlung Steim
- Autostadt (Volkswagen Group)
- BMW Museum (BMW)
- Mercedes-Benz Museum (Daimler AG)
- Museum Autovision
- Museum for Historical Maybach Vehicles
- museum mobile (Audi)
- Porsche Museum (Porsche)
- Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum
- Technikmuseum Speyer
- Prototyp - Personen.Kraft.Wagen in Hamburg
- PS Speicher
- EFA-MUSEUM FÜR DEUTSCHE AUTOMOBILGESCHICHTE Wasserburger Str. 38, 83123 Amerang[citation needed]
Greece
- Hellenic Motor Museum http://www.hellenicmotormuseum.gr/
Italy
- Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari (Ferrari)
- Museo Ferrari (Ferrari)
- Museo Lamborghini (Lamborghini)
- Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile
- Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (Alfa Romeo)
- Museo Targa Florio[91]
Latvia
Monaco
Netherlands
Poland
Sweden
- Saab Car Museum (Saab)
- Göran Karlsson's Motor Museum
- Marcus Wallenberg-hallen (Scania)
- Motala Motor Museum
- Volvo Museum (Volvo)
Switzerland
Turkey
- Key Classic Car Museum, Torbalı, Izmir,[93]
- Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Hasköy, Istanbul,
- Sabri Artam Classic Car Museum, Çengelköy, Istanbul,[94]
- Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages, Bursa,
- Ural Ataman Classic Car Museum, Tarabya, Istanbul,[95]
United Kingdom
- Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum
- British Commercial Vehicle Museum
- Brooklands Museum
- Bubble Car Museum[96][full citation needed]
- Cars of the Stars Motor Museum
- Cotswold Motoring Museum
- Coventry Transport Museum
- Donington Grand Prix Exhibition
- Haynes International Motor Museum
- Heritage Motor Centre
- Ipswich Transport Museum
- Lakeland Motor Museum
- London Motor Museum
- Mercedes-Benz World (Daimler AG)
- Myreton Motor Museum
- National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
- Oxford Bus Museum
- Pembrokeshire Motor Museum
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