Auto Museums for the business traveler

[69428SCJ]

Alright, this thread is a total ripoff from mercurycougar.net. Let's list all of the auto museums that are near us or you know of. This way we can go visit if we're ever nearby. I'll start:

www.blackhawkmuseum.org (http://www.blackhawkmuseum.org) in Danville, CA

[FordNut]

There's one in Las Vegas at the Imperial Palace on the strip http://autocollections.com/ (very high dollar machines there) and another one in Tallahassee Florida http://tacm.com/ (it's in a new location, sounds bigger than the old place since it has banquet rooms, it has some very rare cars). Also Don Garlits' place in Ocala Florida http://garlits.com/ (there are actually two museum buildings, one is antiques the other is drag racing).

[69428SCJ]

Awesome, btw...please post links!

[dohc324ci]

Loren we need to do a gtg there!

[FW_Linc/Merc]

National Studebaker Musuem South Bend Indiana. Packard Museum in Dayton Ohio. Henry Ford in Dearborn Michigan, There are four great car musuems in Auburn Indiana. Red Barns (the Gilmore Museum) Hickory Corners Michigan. The Varney Museum in Denver Co. The Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky. The Orphan car museum in Yipsilanti Michigan. There is a new Hudson Museum near South Bend Indiana. Indianpolis Motor Speedway Museum Indianplolis Indiana. Chrysler Museum Auburn Hills Michigan. Jack Roush racing Livonia Michigan.

Just a few I have been to that are not already listed. All of which I recommend highly. As for links the city and state are correct and I had there are too many to look up.

[TFB]

Shelby automotive is also near Las Vegas, just across from the Speedway, there is a mix of old & new on display and a free tour of the shop(well you get to look into it) at 10:30AM...

[CBT]

NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum, Charlotte NC :beer:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/nascar-hall-of-fame-museum-opens/

[secretservice]

Petersen Automotive Museum...
http://www.petersen.org/
6060 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036

I've always wanted to go there.

[Black Dynamite]

Just off of I80 in Coralville/Iowa City. Pretty cool antique stuff.

http://www.acmoi.com/

[guspech750]

The Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois and everything there is for sale too.

http://volocars.com/

[Bluerauder]

Did you check here ???? >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automobile_museums#Uni ted_States

Antique Automobilie Club of America (AACA) Museum in Hershey, PA >>>>> http://www.aacamuseum.org/

[69428SCJ]

I knew of many places thanks to the mc.net thread. Part of the purpose of this thread was audience participation, and the other part poster discovery. If I really just wanted to post the list I would'vei done that. I was hoping people work chime in on their own though...

[secretservice]

I did! That Wiki list is pretty short for the U.S. though... we have more museums than that in Indiana alone.

[Bluerauder]

I knew of many places thanks to the mc.net thread. Part of the purpose of this thread was audience participation, and the other part poster discovery. If I really just wanted to post the list I would'vei done that. I was hoping people work chime in on their own though...


I did! That Wiki list is pretty short for the U.S. though... we have more museums than that in Indiana alone.

You're welcome !!! :rolleyes:

[secretservice]

Nice list for travelling out of country though! :D

[Got_1]

RM classic car
Chatham Ontario

http://www.rmauctions.com/

[FW_Linc/Merc]

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new/misc/company/edelbrock_history.shtml

VIc Edelbrock's collection Torrence Ca. Call for a visit.

[FordNut]

http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new/misc/company/edelbrock_history.shtml

VIc Edelbrock's collection Torrence Ca. Call for a visit.

Thanks a lot for switching around the sig pictures.

[secretservice]

I know Auburn Indiana has been mentioned, but I'd like to get specific...
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum
http://www.automobilemuseum.org/Pages/default.aspx

1600 Wayne St
Auburn, IN 46706-3509
(260) 925-1444

And also a little known historic place in Indy: The Stutz Center
http://www.thestutz.com/

[LIGHTNIN1]

The Nethercutt Collection in Los Angeles. Classy.

[MM03MOK]

Larz Anderson Auto Museum - Brookline, MA
http://www.larzanderson.org/
The Larz Anderson Auto Museum is home to "Americas oldest car collection". For over 75 years, the Larz Anderson Auto Museum has been supporting the collector car community through a variety of educational programs, exhibits, and lectures.

Heritage Museums & Gardens - Sandwich, MA
J.K. Lilly, III Antique Automobile Museum
http://www.heritagemuseumsandgardens. org/current_exhibits/#automuseum (http://www.heritagemuseumsandgardens. org/current_exhibits/#automuseumHoused)
Housed in a reproduction of a round stone Shaker barn, the automobile museum features over thirty antique American automobiles. Trace automotive history from its beginnings through the mid-1900s or explore various types of automobiles including race cars and cars that ran on electric or steam power. Also featured in this building is a 1913 Ford Model T that visitors may sit in and imagine what life on the early roads was like!

[dohc324ci]

Loren found another one :http://www.canepa.com/collection/museum_10_2/index.html

[boatmangc]

Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing, Ocala Florida
http://garlits.com/
Lots of legendary cars, Moon cars. Ivo, I stop every couple of years. It is big and always growing and changing.