Brass/Antique museums & collections

Community-association-run museum in Casilda, Santa Fe, displaying antique and classic automobiles, relocated to a purpose-built venue and officially inaugurated in 2021.

Private museum in Villa Ciudad Parque, Córdoba, created in 1988 by the Dick-Rapisarda family, displaying more than 40 horse-drawn carriages alongside antique automobiles, photographs, and engravings.

Museum in a former powerhouse building in Portland on Victoria's Great Ocean Road, featuring veteran, vintage and classic cars, motorcycles, stationary engines, a 1920s cable tram and grip car, and general motoring memorabilia.

Vintage motoring museum in the Dandenong Ranges town of Gembrook, with the centrepiece being the world's only 1925 Studebaker limousine with a polished brass body.

A car museum in Aspang Markt with over 100 vehicles spanning early motoring history, including a 1908 Delaunay-Belleville, 1910 Adler and 1936 Graf & Stift.

A museum in Mattsee near Salzburg dedicated to the early career of Ferdinand Porsche, displaying historic Austro-Daimler, Lohner-Porsche and Steyr vehicles connected to his pioneering automotive engineering work.

A private early-automobile museum at the Das Salvator country hotel in St. Salvator near Friesach, Carinthia, showing veteran-era cars including rare makes such as Praga, Orel and SS.

Austria's national museum of science and technology in Vienna, whose mobility galleries include early automobiles such as the 1888 Marcus car, the 1893 Benz Model 3 and a 1920 Austro-Daimler, alongside rail, aviation and industrial exhibits.

Believed to be the first car museum in Bahrain and the GCC, established roughly two decades ago by Bahraini businessman Akram Miknas, with a small collection of around 20 antique vehicles.

Bangladesh's largest private vintage car collection, assembled by the late Mahmudul (E.M.) Faruq in Dhaka, comprising more than 70 vehicles including Morris, Ford, Austin, Oldsmobile, Mercedes and Toyota models.

Private motor museum housed in a historic red-brick former British garrison building at Pavilion Court, curated personally by owner Bill Mallalieu. Tied closely to the history of the Barbados Rally Club, founded 1957.

Municipal classic car museum located inside Parque Barigui in Curitiba, rotating a collection of about 150 antique vehicles with roughly 70 on display at a time.

Private classic vehicle collection in São Paulo founded by collector Romeu Siciliano, displaying around 60 cars, carriages, motorcycles, and bicycles from the 1910s-1950s.

Museum in Fortaleza run by the Veteran Car Club do Ceará since 1973, with the museum building operating since 1981, displaying 57 vehicles from 1910 to 1970.

Private automobile museum near Plovdiv with over 70 restored retro, classic and modern exhibits including cars, motorcycles and bicycles, adjoining the Park & SPA Hotel Markovo.

Private retro-car museum opened in 2022 next to the Zlaten Rozhen winery, spanning 1,400 m² in two halls with roughly 60 cars and 44 motorcycles.

A provincial agricultural, industrial and transportation museum on a 220-acre site in Wetaskiwin, built around Stan Reynolds' collection. Its automobile holdings are among Canada's most significant.

A private museum in Shuangcheng District, Harbin, established in 2009 and relocated to a new 17,600-square-metre facility in 2019. It holds nearly 200 vehicles, including a replica 1890s steam-powered vehicle, a 1945 ZIS-110B Soviet state limousine, and the only known surviving 1966 Hongqi CA770L station wagon.

A private museum in Chengdu founded in 2005 by collector Huang Zongmin and rebuilt into a new purpose-built facility in 2016, it holds one of China's largest private collections of "collection-class" classic cars from more than 70 manufacturers. Exhibits range from restored Hongqi and Shanghai-brand sedans to Western classics and modern supercars.

Founded by Xiamen antique-car collector Chen Yue and opened in 2015, this was the first classic-car museum in South China. Its roughly 8,000-square-metre facility in Xiang'an District displays more than 1,000 items from over 40 car brands alongside interactive automotive-culture exhibits.

Turn-of-the-20th-century antique car theme park near Villa de Leyva, Boyacá.

Museum in a former hydroelectric power station displaying about 40 pre-war automobiles plus motorcycles, bicycles, stationary engines, tractors and petrol pumps dating up to 1950.

One of the largest publicly accessible museums of pre-war Czechoslovak cars in the country, spanning more than 3,000 m² in Olomouc.

Formerly one of Europe's largest private veteran car collections, housed at Aalholm Castle near Nysted, with four halls showing around 200 motorcars from 1886 to modern times, mostly pre-1940.

Northern Europe's largest veteran motorcycle collection, in Stubbekøbing since 1977, with more than 200 motorcycles spanning from the late 1800s to the Japanese-bike era of the 1980s; also includes a radio museum.

National museum in Helsingør covering the history of Danish science, industry and technology, including a significant road-transport collection alongside rail, aviation and other exhibits.

Formerly Denmark's leading vintage car museum in Gjern (near Silkeborg), founded in 1967 by master mechanic Aage Louring, displaying around 140 vehicles from 1900-1987 representing a cross-section of the Danish vehicle population.

An engine and motoring museum in Skagen harbour featuring stationary and marine engines (BUKH, B&W, Frich) alongside motorcycles, mopeds and classic cars, plus reproductions/examples referencing very early automobiles.

Finland's oldest and one of its largest vehicle museums, housed in an atmospheric stone barn in Pakankylä, Espoo. It displays over 200 vehicles spanning early-1900s automobiles to 1980s family cars, plus a notable sports-car collection and motorcycles.

A veteran car museum in Oulu holding more than 50 vintage cars and motorcycles, with the oldest vehicles dating to around 1910.

A nostalgic private automobile museum and tourism/camping site in Karstula (Central Finland), converted from an old potato-flour mill, with over 100 (some sources say up to 400 counting all vehicle types) restored vehicles including cars, motorcycles and mopeds.

Founded in 1927 by the Touring Club de France and housed within the Château de Compiègne, this French national museum documents the transition from horse-drawn carriages to early motorized transport.

A small private vintage car and motorcycle collection in Gundelfingen an der Donau, Bavaria, founded in 1972 by collector Jürgen Viktor Mayr. It displays around 20 cars and 10 motorcycles dated 1907 to 1955, sourced largely from France, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

A foundation-run technical collection in the Gallus district of Frankfurt am Main, assembled by entrepreneur Fritz Hochhut and converted into a foundation after his death in 1999. Alongside stationary steam engines, Stirling engines, and aircraft/ship engines, it holds a notable group of historic automobiles and motorcycles.

Hungary's oldest private veteran-car collection, housing around 200 cars and 100 motorcycles in the former Puskin Cultural Center in Tatabánya-Bánhida.

Private collection of running, pre-WWII-era veteran automobiles and vehicles, all kept operational and started daily.

Goa's only dedicated vintage car museum, founded in 2004 by businessman Pradeep V. Naik, though his personal collecting reportedly began in 1985.

Established by the late collector Pranlal Bhogilal on his private estate in Ahmedabad, this museum (also known as Dastan Autoworld) displays over 100 vintage and classic automobiles and was once Guinness-listed as the world's largest private garage.

An automobile museum inside the Udai Bilas Palace complex in Dungarpur, created by Harshvardhan Singh of the Dungarpur royal family in a building that was originally a stable and grain store. It houses more than 40 vehicles, plus motorcycles and a steam road-roller.

Opened in April 2024 on the Bengaluru–Mysuru Expressway by Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, this newer museum displays 69 vehicles spanning early automotive history through the mid-20th century.

A private by-appointment collection assembled by lawyer Diljeet Titus since around 2003, featuring more than 100 vintage and classic cars once owned by Indian princely families.

Owned by the House of Mewar and housed in the former Mewar State Motor Garage in Udaipur, this museum opened in 2000 and displays about 20 antique cars, all maintained in running condition.

Opened in 2001 near Karaj west of Tehran, displaying dozens of classic and vintage cars, carriages, and motorcycles that belonged to the Pahlavi royal family, including Mohammad Reza Shah; administered by Iran's Cultural Institution of Museums and expanded in 2024 with new halls.

A distinct royal car collection housed in a former palace garage within the Niavaran Palace Historical-Cultural Complex in northern Tehran, displaying private cars, motorcycles, and model cars of the Pahlavi family, separate from the Sa'dabad and Karaj collections.

One of several museums inside the Sa'dabad Palace Complex, a former royal residence in northern Tehran, displaying Pahlavi-era royal automobiles near the complex's Zaferanieh entrance.

Ireland's first dedicated veteran-car museum, opened in 1966 by collector Knollys Stokes at the Muskerry Arms Hotel in Blarney, displaying around 20 veteran cars from 1899-1920 including a rare 1900 Arrol-Johnston and a 1910 Wolseley-Siddeley formerly of the Gore-Booth family.

Major private collection of roughly 200 vintage and veteran vehicles assembled by veterinary surgeon and collector Denis Lucey, exhibited as the Museum of Irish Transport at Scott's Gardens, Killarney, from 1987. Noted for nine early Wolseleys and the rare 1907 Silver Stream, the first car assembled in southern Ireland.

Ireland's principal transport-heritage collection, holding roughly 170 vehicles including trams, buses, fire engines, military and utility vehicles spanning 1883-1984. Around 60 of the ~100 vehicles at the Howth site are on permanent display, with others viewable by prior arrangement.

Small private museum formerly operating in Buncrana, Co. Donegal, displaying vintage and classic cars, Victorian bicycles, and model car/railway collections.

A private collection of mostly British vintage cars from the 1930s-40s housed in an old agricultural building at Kibbutz Eyal, owned by Uri Sahar.

A private collection of roughly 60 automobiles spanning the early 20th century to the modern era, located at the Tel Hai Industrial Park near Kiryat Shmona, next to the Open Museum of Photography.

Private museum established in 1995 by the Puebla chapter of the Club Mexicano del Automóvil Antiguo (founded 1968), displaying members' antique and classic cars, including a section on 18th-19th century horse-drawn carriages.

Housed in a former army barracks in Parque Niños Héroes and inaugurated in July 1990, displaying more than 60 antique and classic automobiles from the early 1900s through the 1960s across two permanent halls.

Latin America's pioneering classic-car museum, founded by Arturo Pérez Gutiérrez and opened around 1989/1991 in San Pablo Tepetlapa, Coyoacán; displayed more than 120 vehicles from 1904 onward, including steam-, gasoline-, and diesel-powered cars, with roughly 30 cars rotated periodically from lending collectors. Permanently closed in December 2021.

Private museum in Cancún founded and directed by Benjamín de la Peña, dedicated to the history of the Carrera Panamericana road race; holds roughly 45 antique and classic automobiles (1917-1992) plus an archive of more than 18,000 photographs and 200 hours of film on the race.

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.

Living-history heritage park in Christchurch recreating an early-1900s township, with a classic car and fire engine museum said to hold the Southern Hemisphere's largest fire engine collection, alongside trams, trains, wagons and aircraft.

South Canterbury museum with over 1,400 exhibits, including around 30 vintage cars from 1905 and 101 tractors from 1912 onward, among them the oldest working tractor in New Zealand.

The largest vintage and specialty vehicle collection in the Southern Hemisphere, founded in the 1970s by Len Southward and now managed by a charitable trust, housing over 400 vehicles across two showrooms.

Christchurch's oldest private museum collection, established 1968, featuring vintage cars, horse-drawn carriages, motorcycles, tractors and agricultural equipment in Yaldhurst.

Pakistan's first antique car museum, launched online in May 2022 by collector Shoaib Qureshy, aggregating more than 100 antique and vintage cars owned by private Pakistani collectors, organized by decade from the 1920s to 1980s.

Peru's first and largest classic car museum, opened in 2002 by collector Jorge Nicolini Bernucci in La Molina, Lima, with more than 120 restored vehicles dating from 1901 and a working restoration workshop.

Run by the Clube Português de Automóveis Antigos in Paço de Arcos (Oeiras), this small museum exhibits around 11 antique cars, motorcycles and bicycles manufactured between the early 20th century and 1960.

Founded in the 1950s by brothers Abel and João de Lacerda in the hill town of Caramulo, this is one of Portugal's premier automobile museums, spanning vehicles from an 1886 Benz Dreirad to modern racing cars.

A dedicated car museum within the large private Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum complex at Al Samriya Estate, displaying more than 600 vehicles spanning over 120 years of automotive history, from steam cars to modern sports cars.

Family-run museum opened in 1999 from a collection built since 1964, displaying more than 85 restored antique cars and motorcycles, including Stalin's ZIS-110 limousine and rare pre-war foreign models.

A private/municipal classic car museum in Buraydah, Al-Qassim Region, displaying over 300 vehicles manufactured between 1899 and 1979, including cars linked to prominent Saudi figures and to Aramco.

Private museum of a local classic car club/owner (Ján Horňák) with a permanent exhibition of roughly 14 historic cars and motorcycles, presented with period music and guided commentary.

Opened in summer 2023 at the P3 Bratislava Airport logistics park in Ivanka pri Dunaji, showcasing more than 80 historic vehicles made in Czechoslovakia, with emphasis on the First Republic (pre-war) era, across roughly 1,400 m² on two floors.

One of Spain's reference automobile collections, with around 130 vehicles including rare Spanish marques such as Pegaso, Hispano-Suiza, Ricart, Bonet and Orix, located in Sils (Girona) and affiliated with the MNACTEC museum network.

A collection of around 60 vehicles in Andújar (Jaén) assembled by brothers Carlos and Demetrio del Val since the 1960s, including French marques such as Bugatti and Peugeot and American cars like a Ford Model T.

A large private collection near Riudoms (Tarragona) spanning 10,000 square meters, with classic cars including Rolls-Royce, Hispano-Suiza, Cadillac and Packard alongside sports cars such as the Alpine A110, plus motorcycles and bicycles.

A private vintage and classic car collection of more than 70 automobiles assembled by the Akbarally family of the Akbar Brothers tea company, housed at their 'Sunny South' bungalow and documented in the book Classic & Vintage Automobiles of Ceylon.

A small garage display of about ten vintage cars from the 1960s at a converted planter's bungalow hotel on the Kelani River in Kitulgala, accessible to hotel guests and visitors.

Vehicle museum in Arvika with a rotating display of over 100 vehicles including cars, motorcycles, horse-drawn carriages and pedal cycles.

One of southern Sweden's largest vehicle museums, with roughly 120 cars, about 80 motorcycles/mopeds and two aircraft spanning 1898 to today. Formed in 2008 largely from the collection of the former Skoklosters bil- och motormuseum, which closed in Håbo in 2007-08.

A car and technology museum in Köping holding a notable collection of rare prewar and classic cars with Swedish provenance, spanning legendary international marques as well as motorcycles and automobilia.

Vintage vehicle museum near Visby with cars from 1907-1970 (including a Rolls-Royce and early electric vehicles), motorcycles from 1901-1980s, bicycles, tractors and a recreated period general store.

Longstanding family-run museum near Skurup exhibiting vintage cars, motorcycles, a recreated country store and mechanical music instruments (self-playing organs/orchestrions).

Car museum housed at Sparreholm Castle displaying the development of the automobile from the late 1800s to the present, described as one of Europe's finest private car collections.

Scandinavia's oldest automobile museum, opened in 1961, combining one of Northern Europe's largest private collections of vintage cars and aircraft (roughly 140 cars and 30-40 aircraft, plus motorcycles and engines).

A medieval castle in Grandson that houses, alongside its historical and military exhibits, a collection of veteran and vintage automobiles built between 1898 and 1932.

A foundation in Aigle preserving a private collection of vintage and classic automobiles first assembled from 1948 by Jacques de Wurstemberger. Visits are arranged directly with the foundation by phone.

A permanent automobile collection within the Pierre Gianadda cultural foundation in Martigny, showing roughly fifty vehicles built between 1897 and 1939. The collection is notable for its concentration of early Swiss-made automobiles alongside European makes.

A combined museum, workshop and garage in Muttenz near Basel dedicated to vintage and classic cars. It functions as a hub for owners of historic vehicles, pairing a large exhibition of old-timers with a working classic-car service garage and restaurant.

A private collection founded by Kiattisak Singtra featuring more than 50 cars aged roughly 50 to 100 years, including both Thai-owned and European makes.

A free motorcycle museum in Kanchanaburi tracing the history of Japanese motorcycle marques (Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Kawasaki) through historical displays and vintage bikes.

Private museum in San Fernando, Trinidad, showcasing a collection of vintage cars, motorcycles and scooters assembled by collector Brij Maharaj. Featured in a Trinidad Express news article upon its unveiling.

Turkey's first private car museum, founded in 1994 by collector Mehmet Arsay, with a collection spanning an 1899 Decauville to a 1978 Porsche, including a former staff car used by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Open-air "living museum" of North East England recreating 1825 and 1913 life, including a Motor & Cycle Works garage housing a working and static collection of early cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles.

Private collection specialising in Morgan three-wheeler cars from 1909-1935, entered through the Falstaff Antiques shop, alongside early motorcycles, bicycles and automobilia.

One of the largest privately owned motor collections open to the public in the UK, with over 120 veteran, vintage and classic cars and around 100 motorcycles displayed on the grounds of a 15th-century castle.

Former private collection of the Earl of Moray, opened to the public in 1970 in converted farm buildings near Doune, featuring around 25-30 rare cars including a 1905 Rolls-Royce, Hispano-Suiza, Bentley and Aston Martin.

Private motor museum housing over 100 veteran, vintage, sports and racing cars, many kept in working order, including early Bugattis and Sir Malcolm Campbell's 1937 Bluebird car alongside his Bluebird K3 hydroplane.

Sheffield's flagship industrial heritage museum, whose Transport Galleries hold rare early Sheffield-built cars including the 1920 Sheffield-Simplex prototype, a 1921 Richardson Light Car and a 1921 Charron-Laycock.

Hampshire County Council living-history museum with reconstructed period streets, housing around 25 commercial vehicles and cars, horse-drawn and motorised fire engines, buses and a tramcar, plus an extensive Thornycroft collection and factory recreation.

Independent museum founded in 1966 by Willie Dale, housing vintage and classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles and commercial vehicles dating from 1899, alongside period advertising signs and militaria.

One of the world's leading motoring museums, part of the Beaulieu estate, housing over 250 vehicles spanning the history of motoring from Victorian pioneers to the present day, including world land speed record cars and an on-site motoring research library and archive.

Large indoor vintage transport collection at Flower of May Holiday Park near Scarborough, covering cycles, motorcycles, cars, commercial vehicles and steam traction engines from the late 19th century through the 1980s.

A working aviation, automotive and agricultural collection at Old Warden Aerodrome featuring veteran and vintage cars, motorcycles and carriages alongside historic aircraft, many kept in running or flying condition.