List of automobile museums

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

Asia

Eastern Asia

China

• Beijing Auto Museum
• Grand Prix Museum, Macau
• Shanghai Auto Museum

Japan

• Dachi Kyusha-kan^[1]
• Hino Auto Plaza
• Honda Collection Hall
• Humobility World
• Maehara 20th
• Matsuda Collection^[2]
• Mazda Museum
• Motorcar Museum of Japan
• Il Museo della Cinquecento
• Nissan Engine Museum
• Prince & Skyline Museum
• Shikoku Motor Car Museum
• Suzuki Plaza
• Toyota Automobile Museum
• Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
• Toyota Kuragaike Commemorative Hall
• Yamaha Communication Plaza
• Wakui Museum

South Korea

• Renault Samsung Motors Gallery (Renault Samsung Motors)
• Hyundai Kia R&D Museum (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Hyundai Motorstudio Seoul (Hyundai Motor Group)^[3]

Southern Asia

India

• Sudha Cars Museum

Western Asia

Cyprus

• Cyprus Historic & Classic Motor Museum^[4]

Georgia

• Tbilisi Auto Museum^[5]

Iran

• National Car Museum of Iran

Israel

• Tefen Car Collection, Tefen^[6]

Kuwait

• Historical, Vintage, and Classical Cars Museum

Turkey

• Key Classic Car Museum, Torbalı, Izmir,^[7]
• Rahmi M. Koç Museum, Hasköy, Istanbul,
• Sabri Artam Classic Car Museum, Çengelköy, Istanbul,^[8]
• Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages, Bursa,
• Ural Ataman Classic Car Museum, Tarabya, Istanbul,^[9]

United Arab Emirates

• Al Ain Classic Car Museum
• Emirates National Auto Museum

Europe

Eastern Europe

Czech Republic

• Škoda Auto Museum (Škoda Auto)

Poland

• Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej w Krakowie

Romania

• Tiriac Collection, Bucharest

Russia

• AvtoVAZ Museum, (Lada), Tolyatti
• Retro auto museum, Moscow
• Lomakov`s old-timers cars and motorcycles Museum, Moscow
• Autoville, Moscow
• First Private Museum of Retro and Military Vehicles, Moscow
• Vintage cars museum, Saint Petersburg
• Retro cars museum, Vyborg
• Retro cars museum, Zelenogorsk

Ukraine

• AvtoZAZ Museum (ZAZ), Zaporizhia

Northern Europe

Finland

• Mobilia (Kangasala)^[10]

Latvia

• Riga Motor Museum

Sweden

• Saab Car Museum (Saab)
• Göran Karlsson's Motor Museum
• Marcus Wallenberg-hallen (Scania)
• Motala Motor Museum
• Volvo Museum (Volvo)

United Kingdom

England

• Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum
• British Commercial Vehicle Museum
• Brooklands Museum
• Bubble Car Museum,^[11] Langrick, Boston, England
• 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)
• National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
• Oxford Bus Museum

Scotland

• Myreton Motor Museum

Wales

• Pembrokeshire Motor Museum

Southern Europe

Croatia

• Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum

Greece

• Hellenic Motor Museum^[12]

Italy

• Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari (Ferrari)
• Museo Ferrari (Ferrari)
• Museo Lamborghini (Lamborghini)
• Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile
• Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (Alfa Romeo)
• Centro storico Fiat (Fiat)
• Maranello Rosso (Ferrari and Abarth)^[13]
• Museo della Mille Miglia
• Museo Targa Florio^[14]
• Museo Nicolis^[15]

Serbia

• Muzej automobila, Belgrade^[16]

Spain

• Museo Automovilístico de Málaga
• Museo de Historia de la Automoción de Salamanca
• Museo de Coches Clásicos y Antiguos Torre Loizaga (Galdames)

Western Europe

Austria

• Rolls-Royce Museum^[17]

Belgium

• AutoWorld

France ^[18]

• Cité de l'automobile - Musée national - Collection Schlumpf
• Renault Classic (Renault)
• Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot (Peugeot)
• Conservatoire Citroën (French) (Citroën)
• Musée des 24 Heures du Mans
• Musée national de la Voiture et du Tourisme - Château de Compiègne
• Musée automobile Reims Champagne

Germany

• August Horch Museum Zwickau (Audi)
• Automobile welt eisenach
• 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
• Rosso Bianco Collection

Monaco

• Monaco Top Cars Collection, Fontvieille, Monaco^[19]

Netherlands

• Louwman Museum

Switzerland

• Swiss Transport Museum
• Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny

North America

Canada

• Canadian Automotive Museum
• Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum
• Reynolds-Alberta Museum

Cayman Islands

• Cayman Motor Museum

United States

Eastern United States

• AACA Museum, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 90 cars on display.^[20] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.^[21]
• America On Wheels, Allentown, Pennsylvania. 75 cars, trucks & motorcycles.^[22]
• Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum, Madison, Georgia. This museum has closed and the cars sold.^[23]
• Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum, Buffalo NY. Features a Frank Lloyd Wright gas station.^[24]
• Champlain Valley Transportation Museum, Plattsburg, NY. 25 cars plus model trains.^[25]
• Cole Land Transportation Museum, Bangor, ME. Anything with wheels. Open in summer only.^[26]
• Frick Car & Carriage Museum, Pittsburgh, PA. Temporarily closed (2015).^[27]
• Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline, MA. Eclectic collection of cars, motorcycles and artifacts.^[28]
• Memory Lane Motorsports & Historic Auto Museum, Mooresville, NC. Specializes in motor sports.^[29]
• Miami Auto Museum at the Dezer Collection, North Miami, FL. 200 cars and other vehicles.^[30]
• Muscle Car City, Punta Gorda, FL. 200 GM muscle cars.^[31] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.^[21]
• Northeast Classic Car Museum, Norwich, New York. 160 cars.^[32]
• Old Spokes Auto Museum, New Smithville, PA. Small collection of mostly Hudsons.^[33]
• Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head, Maine. 50 cars from 1885-1940, plus airplanes, motorcycles and other forms of transportation.^[34] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.^[21]
• Saratoga Automobile Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY. Cars and artifacts.^[35]
• Seal Cove Auto Museum, Seal Cove, Maine. 50 cars and motorcycles from 1895-1917.^[36]
• Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, Philadelphia, PA. 65 racing sports cars.^[37] Named one of America’s best car museums by Autoweek^[38] and Jalopnik.^[39]
• Tallahassee Automotive Museum, Tallahassee, FL. 130 cars plus a wide variety of other collectibles.^[40]
• Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, Pinellas Park, Florida. 58 cars.^[41]
• The William E. Swigart, Jr. Antique Automobile Museum, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. 35 cars on display.^[42]

Central United States

• America’s Packard Museum (The Citizens Motorcar Co.), Dayton OH. 60 Packards.^[43]
• Antique Car Museum of Iowa, Coralville, IA. 90 cars.^[44]
• Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, Auburn, Indiana. 120 cars on display.^[45] Named one of America’s greatest car museums by Autoweek.^[38]
• Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, Birmingham, AL. 50 Lotus race cars, large motorcycle collection.^[46]
• Beller Museum, Romeoville IL. 70 cars, mostly from 1928-33. Not open to the public.^[47]
• British Transportation Museum, Dayton OH. 30 British cars. Not open in 2015 because moving locations.^[48]
• Canton Classic Car Museum, Canton, OH. 40 cars.^[49]
• City Garage Car Museum, Greeneville, TN. 40 cars.^[50]
• Classic Car Collection, Kearney, NE. 200 cars.^[51]
• Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, Cleveland, Ohio. About 90 cars, mostly horseless carriages.^[52] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.^[21]
• Dick's Classic Garage Car Museum, San Marcos, TX. 80 cars.^[53]
• Dream Car Museum, Evansville, Indiana. About 60 cars.^[54]
• 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).^[55]
• Gilmore Car Museum, Hickory Corners, Michigan. 300 vehicles.^[56]
• GM Heritage Center, Sterling Heights, Michigan. 600 GM cars. Not open to the public^[57]
• Hemken Collection, Williams IA. 50 cars. Open Wednesdays and Fridays, May–October.^[58]
• Henry Ford Museum (Ford Motor Company), Dearborn, Michigan. Cars, artifacts, historical displays.^[59] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,^[21] Autoweek^[38] and Edmunds.^[60]
• Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum, Shipshewana IN.^[61] Named as one of the most interesting car museums in the country by Popular Mechanics.^[62]
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, Speedway, Indiana.^[63] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC^[21] and Autoweek.^[38]
• Kansas City Automotive Museum, Olathe,KS. 40 cars.^[64]
• Kokomo Automotive Museum, Kokomo, IN. 100 cars plus memorabilia.^[65]
• Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, Tennessee. 300 cars.^[66] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,^[21] Jalopnik,^[39] and Popular Mechanics.^[62]
• National Automotive & Truck Museum, Auburn, IN. Adjacent to the better-known Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum.^[67]
• National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky. 70 cars.^[68] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC^[21] and Edmunds.^[60]
• National Packard Museum, Warren, OH. 40 Packards.^[69]
• Pioneer Village, Minden, NE 350 Cars Including the Oldest Buick in existence ^[70]
• Pontiac-Oakland Museum & Resource Center, Pontiac, IL. Cars and memorabilia.^[71]
• R. E. Olds Transportation Museum, Lansing, MI. 60 REOs and Oldsmobiles.^[72]
• Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed, Lincoln, NE. Gearhead Nirvana.^[73]
• Stahls Automotive Foundation, Chesterfield, MI. 80 cars, mostly from 1930's and 40's. Open Tuesdays.^[74]
• Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Indiana. Historic Studebakers, Packards and artifacts.^[75] Named one of the best car museums in the country by Edmunds^[60] and Popular Mechanics.^[62]
• Tupelo Automobile Museum, Tupelo, Mississippi. 100 cars.^[76]
• Vehicle Vault Auto Gallery, Parker, CO. 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.^[62]
• 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.^[38]
• Wheels O' Time Museum, Peoria, IL. Eclectic local historical displays.^[80]
• Wills Sainte Claire Auto Museum, Marysville, MI. 10 Wills cars. Open 2nd Sundays only.^[81]
• Wisconsin Automotive Museum, Hartford, WI. 105 cars.^[82]
• Ypsilanti Auto Heritage Museum, Ypsilanti, MI. Features Hudson, Tucker, Kaiser-Frazer and Corvair.^[83]

Western United States

• Academy of Art University Automobile Museum. Located in San Francisco, California with a Forbes estimated car value of $70 million.^[84]
• Allen Unique Autos, Grand Junction, CO. Private collection of Tammy Allen.^[85]
• America's Car Museum, Tacoma, Washington. 350 cars.^[86]
• The Auto Collections, Las Vegas NV. Rotating collection of 300 cars.^[87]
• Automobile Driving Museum, El Segundo, California. 130 cars.^[88]
• Blackhawk Automotive Museum, Danville CA. 50 cars.^[89] Named one of America’s greatest car museums by Autoweek.^[38]
• California Automobile Museum, Sacramento, California. 150 cars.^[90]
• Cussler Museum, Arvada, CO. 100 cars, open in summer only.^[91]
• Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum, Fairbanks Alaska. 80 vehicles.^[92] Named as one of the 12 car museums worth a detour by MSNBC.^[21]
• The Franklin Auto Museum, Tucson AZ. Collection of Franklin cars.^[93]
• Gateway Auto Museum, Gateway, CO. 50 cars.^[94]
• J.A. Cooley Museum, San Diego. 20 cars plus memorabilia.^[95]
• LeMay Family Collection, Tacoma, WA. 500 cars plus other vehicles and automotive artifacts.^[96]
• Marconi Automotive Museum, Tustin, CA. Private collection open to public that houses approximately 75 rare and exotic automobiles including Ferrari and Lamborghini.
• Martin Auto Museum, Phoenix, AZ. Small private collection open to public.^[97]
• Mullin Automotive Museum, Oxnard, California. Collection of art deco French cars. Open only 10 days a year.^[98] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,^[21] Autoweek,^[38] and Jalopnik.^[39]
• Murphy Auto Museum, Oxnard, CA. 60 cars plus model trains.^[99]
• Museum of Automobiles, Morrilton, AR. 50 cars.^[100]
• National Automobile Museum, Reno, Nevada. 200 cars.^[101] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,^[21] Autoweek,^[38] and Edmunds.^[60]
• The Nethercutt Collection, Sylmar CA. 250 cars.^[102] Named one of America’s greatest car museums by Autoweek.^[38]
• Nostalgia Street Rods, Goldstrom's Automobile Collection, Las Vegas, NV. 75+ cars plus memorabilia
• Penske Racing Museum, Scottsdale, Arizona. Racing cars and artifacts.^[103]
• Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California. Large collection of cars, other vehicles and artifacts.^[104] Named as one of the best car museums in the country by MSNBC,^[21] Autoweek,^[38] and Edmunds.^[60]
• San Diego Automotive Museum, San Diego, CA. Cars and motocycles.^[105]
• Toyota USA Automobile Museum (Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.), Torrance, California. Not generally open to the public.^[106]
• Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, Hood River, Oregon. 130 cars plus large collection of antique planes.^[107]
• Woodland Auto Display, Paso Robles, California. Focus is on motor sports.^[108]

Oceania

Australia

• Ford Discovery Centre
• Motor Museum of Western Australia^[109]
• National Automobile Museum of Tasmania^[109]
• National Motor Museum, Birdwood^[109]
• National Military Vehicle Museum
• National Road Transport Hall of Fame^[109]
• The Australian Motorlife Museum^[109]
• Qld Motorsport Museum, Ipswich. "A diverse array of Road & Race - Cars & Bikes - includes a specific speedway section"

New Zealand

• Museum of Transport and Technology
• Southward Car Museum
• Bill Richardson Transport World

South America

Argentina

• Museo Juan Manuel Fangio

Brazil

• Museu do Automóvel do Ceará
• Museu do Automóvel de Curitiba

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