Car museums & collections in Netherlands

The first Dutch museum dedicated to Opel, displaying roughly 55-70 Opel classics from 1935-1980 alongside Opel-branded memorabilia and period settings.

A private collection of European motorcycles built exclusively between 1920 and 1965, 'from Adler to Zündapp,' maintained alongside a classic European motorcycle parts business.

Founded from a private collection and opened in 2004, displaying around 140 American motorcycles from the early 1900s to the 1980s, mainly Harley-Davidson and Indian.

One of the largest car museums in the Netherlands, displaying more than 400 classic and exotic cars, trucks, and motorcycles from the private Frans van Haren collection in a 30,000 square-meter waterside hall.

A volunteer-run regional museum displaying around 50 vintage cars (including Dutch DAFs) plus motorcycles, mopeds, and antique farm tools and bicycles.

A private family collection emphasizing pre-war French cars and 1950s-60s English sports cars, plus a near-complete range of DAF passenger car models.

Former car and motorcycle museum built around Max Lips's vintage vehicle collection; the museum function ended in 2003 and most vehicles were transferred to the Louwman Museum.

Housed in a former Mercedes-Benz dealership, this free museum displays around 38 classic and modern classic cars, roughly half of them Mercedes-Benz and AMG models.

A combined car museum, classic-car sales gallery, and events venue displaying a rotating collection of veteran, pre-war and post-war classic cars alongside modern exotics.

A private collection of post-war European vans and pickup trucks that served tradespeople during the reconstruction era, assembled by collector Jacques Kemp.

Housed in a former brewery building, the DAF Museum traces the history of Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek through more than 100 vehicles including cars, prototypes, trucks, buses, and military vehicles.

The only Dutch museum dedicated to the air-cooled Volkswagen, tracing the history of the Beetle and Type 2 Transporter in the context of world events.

A former large Ford-marque museum displaying more than 100 classic Fords.

A private collection of more than 300 Citroën 2CVs from French, Belgian and Spanish production, plus other Citroën models, motorcycles, and recreated period shop-street dioramas.

A museum devoted to the history of trams and buses in The Hague, housed in a former tram depot, with an associated heritage tram-ride operation.

The world's first museum dedicated to Healey, founded in 2012 by former Le Mans driver Hans van de Kerkhof, displaying rare Austin-Healeys, Healey specials, and competition history.

A 'living' collection of roughly 200 mostly post-war classic cars that changes as vehicles are bought and sold, located in the tourist village of Giethoorn.

A private collection of more than 40 Indian motorcycles opened in 1991 by owner Tony Leenes, who personally guides visits.

World's oldest private car collection, housed in a purpose-built museum designed by Michael Graves, with roughly 275 automobiles, motorcycles, and carriages dating from 1886 to the present.

The first Dutch museum dedicated to historic 50cc cross motorcycles and sport mopeds from the 1960s-70s, alongside racing memorabilia.

Housed in an 18th-century naval building, this museum displays around 75 historic fire engines and pumps, from hand pumps to steam and early motor engines.

A museum of historic Dutch buses, mostly from northern-Netherlands regional operators, some restored to operating condition.

Founded in 2003, this museum documents the history of Dutch public bus transport through vehicles, uniforms, memorabilia and archives from numerous defunct regional operators.

A volunteer-run museum preserving the heritage of the former Noord-Zuid-Hollandse tram and bus company, with four historic trams and eleven buses, most roadworthy.

Described as the world's largest private Mercedes-Benz collection, with more than 130 cars spanning 1933 to the present; a curated selection is shown to invited visitors as 'Gallery Mercedes'.

Billed as the world's largest private Chevrolet Corvette collection, built over roughly 35 years by dealership owner André Boer and reportedly including a Corvette from nearly every model year since 1954.

A private collection built over more than 30 years featuring over 55 cars, primarily American Rambler/AMC models and Chevrolet Corvairs.

A BOVAG-recognized museum opened in 2022 displaying around 140 cars from 1926-2018 with a strong emphasis on French marques, plus dedicated Renault Sport/Alpine and Opel sub-collections.

A private collection of 13 historic ambulances built by the Gebr. Visser coachbuilding workshop, once responsible for around 90% of Dutch ambulances.

A private collection of rare full-size Volvo automobiles from 1954 onward, alongside roughly 5,500 Volvo scale models and memorabilia.