Classic (postwar-70s) museums & collections

Formerly one of the oldest continuously operating car museums in the US (founded 1953), displaying 90+ classic, muscle and exotic cars including Ringling Rolls-Royces and celebrity-owned cars.

The second-oldest continuously operating antique car museum in the US (founded 1953 as Horns' Cars of Yesterday, later Bellm's Cars and Music of Yesterday, then Sarasota Classic Car Museum), which displayed 100-150+ vintage cars and motorcycles including several once owned by the Ringling family.

Housed in a former 1935 water-bottling plant in Saratoga Spa State Park, showing ~30 vehicles across three galleries, mixing rotating featured exhibits with permanent displays on NY automotive and racing history.

A classic car dealership in Savannah, GA that also operated an in-house museum displaying vintage and classic automobiles alongside cars for sale.

A 65,000-sq-ft museum on ~37 acres (opened Dec 2021) with five galleries showing ~100 cars, from a 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout through ~12 rotating exhibits annually, some featuring automotive art.

Boulder museum dedicated to Carroll Shelby and the Shelby American racing legacy.

Free museum inside the Shively Motors Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep-Ram dealership, featuring 35+ historic Mopar models, many with local sales history, spanning 85+ years of Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth heritage.

A formerly operating Pigeon Forge attraction (also referenced historically as 'Atchley Automobiles') displaying restored vehicles of all ages, notably including Hank Williams Jr.'s silver-dollar-decorated car and a James Bond car from 'Goldfinger'/'Thunderball.'

A 'living museum' (founded 2002) displaying the Snook collection of 1930s-1970s cars in period scenes such as a 1950s diner, a recreated 1940s Texaco station and a Sebring pit lane, plus extensive automobilia.

A museum dedicated to Packard automobiles and heritage.

A private collection of Soviet-era automobiles chronicling USSR car manufacturing, from executive/party sedans to military transport trucks - one of the largest private Soviet car collections in the Western Hemisphere.

Privately owned auto museum/showroom in Loganville, GA displaying classic cars and scooters on loan from private owners, most of which are for sale.

Formerly a combination classic-car dealership/display museum in Airway Heights near Spokane, featuring American muscle cars from the 1960s-70s.

Established 1994, a combined classic car dealership and museum with 100+ vehicles in 85,000+ sq ft of climate-controlled space in the Overland area of St. Louis.

Nonprofit collection founded by Ted and Mary Stahl, at its current location since 2011, with 220+ cars (about 90-100 on rotating display) plus automated musical instruments and neon signage.

A nonprofit collection displaying 100+ cars across the Brass, Depression, pre/post-war and modern eras, with emphasis on Art Deco and Great Depression-era vehicles, plus automobilia and mechanical music instruments.

Small private classic/muscle car museum on Main Street in Russell Springs opened in 2024 by local businessman Terry Stephens, with proceeds supporting Baptist missions.

A museum chronicling the Studebaker Corporation's wagons, carriages, cars, trucks and military vehicles with 70+ vehicles. Holds the world's largest collection of US presidential carriages.

A museum focused on SAAB automobile heritage in the US.

A free-admission museum owned by the Swope dealership family, displaying ~60 museum-quality vehicles from the early 1900s to the 1960s in original and restored condition.

A large private museum displaying 160+ rare and historic automobiles from an 1894 Duryea to a modern Camaro, plus extensive non-automotive collections (pedal cars, cash registers, pianos, sports memorabilia).

A 19,000 sq ft museum in Pinellas Park, FL featuring vintage and classic cars from the US, France, Great Britain, Japan, and elsewhere.

A collection of 130+ vintage-to-modern automobiles in a roughly 50,000 sq ft space attached to the Kearney Cabela's building, rebranded after a 2020 closure/reopening under new ownership.

Historic Las Vegas Strip car collection originally assembled as a private museum (1981-1999) by casino magnate Ralph Engelstad at the Imperial Palace (later The LINQ), later converted into a for-sale classic car showroom known as "The Auto Collection."

Vintage car and motorcycle collection housed within The Automaster car dealership complex, displayed alongside a Norman Rockwell art collection and flight memorabilia.

Non-profit museum (founded 2002) known for ~130 antique/classic cars (1886-2000) that visitors could ride in during Sunday car rides.

A non-profit gallery in a former Cadillac dealership in downtown Green Bay, presenting fully restored, running cars spanning over a century - from an early 1910s Cadillac to a 2020 Ford GT.

A 35,000 sq ft museum in Jacksonville, FL preserving the history of Brumos Racing and Porsche in North America, alongside other significant makes such as Peugeot, Miller, and Bugatti.

One of eight themed mini-museums under one roof in Columbus, GA's Columbus Collective Museums (housed in a restored mid-century tile factory), featuring antique automobiles including a record-setting 2008 Tesla Roadster and a restored 1953 Airstream trailer.

A private, invitation-only collection of rare cars connected to Carroll Shelby, emphasizing Shelby and Ford performance vehicles of the 1960s-70s.

New England classic-car dealership specializing in sale, purchase, and consignment of antique, classic, and exotic automobiles, with a rotating showroom collection.

Educational automotive museum in downtown Salina with interactive displays.

Privately run salvage/parts yard in Glenrock spanning roughly 5 acres of vintage cars/trucks, from Model T's through 1950s-60s Chevrolets, Oldsmobiles, Camaros and Firebirds.

Free gallery/museum in downtown Yuma displaying "orphan" cars from defunct automakers such as Nash, AMC, Studebaker, Willys-Overland, American Bantam, and Messerschmitt.

A 24,000 sq ft private classic/muscle car collection in Warroad, the largest car collection in northwest Minnesota with 90-100+ vehicles.

Small free museum in the historic Stutz Motor Car Company factory building in downtown Indianapolis, showing about 9 classic Stutz vehicles on loan from a private collector.

A museum in Greer operated by the BMW Car Club of America Foundation, near BMW's North American manufacturing plant, dedicated to the preservation of BMW automotive and motorcycle history.

Formerly a private-collection-turned-public museum in Enumclaw benefiting the Epilepsy Foundation of Washington, displaying classic, vintage, and exotic import cars and hosting car-club events.

Private collection of Bill Putnam comprising roughly 30-50 classic sports cars, mostly British marques (Lotus, MG, Triumph, Jaguar, Austin-Healey) plus some Ferrari, Mazda, Morgan, AC, Sunbeam and Mini, all painted red.

A manufacturer collection of Toyota vehicles and heritage (relocated to Toyota's North American HQ in Plano, TX).

Free auto museum attached to TP Tools & Equipment retail store, with themed exhibits (50s diner, service garage, country store).

26,000-sq-ft facility housing 80+ rare and classic American and foreign automobiles, all of which run and drive, spanning pre-war classics to postwar coachbuilt cars.

Formerly one of the South's premier automobile museums, built around Frank and Jane Spain's personal collection of roughly 150-174 antique, classic, and celebrity-owned cars displayed chronologically to illustrate automotive design history.

An 'old town' style display of historic cars and vintage memorabilia operating largely as a private collection and rentable event center (USA World Classics Event Center).

Automotive museum/event center in Parker with a rotating collection of rare, exotic, and classic vehicles.

A 500-acre nonprofit foundation campus near Buffalo with multiple barns housing 80+ restored vehicles and 200+ rare gas pumps and automobilia.

The only dedicated public car museum in New Jersey, founded in 2001 by members of the Vintage Automobile Club of Ocean County, displaying classic and collectible cars from the 1880s onward plus memorabilia.

Museum featuring vintage cars and trucks including historically notable vehicles, housed in a restored early-1900s auto dealership/gas station complex in Weatherford.

Family-owned museum (since 1960) and active collector-car dealership on 35 acres in Volo with 300+ cars plus the largest collection of Hollywood movie/TV vehicles in the country.

Free small private museum with a rotating display of about 28 vintage cars plus memorabilia, gas station signs, and license plates.

Former Chrysler corporate museum at Chrysler World Headquarters, open 1999-2012, briefly reopened, then permanently closed.

Primarily a WWII/military aviation museum in Nampa that also displays restored antique/classic automobiles and a WWII halftrack.

Long-running roadside museum of antique automobiles, bicycles, and nostalgic Americana.

A large Hood River museum pairing still-flying antique aircraft with still-driving antique automobiles and motorcycles, one of the largest such combined collections in the country.

Nonprofit museum (started 2014) sharing antique cars and Cincinnati-area collectibles, housed in the historic Becker House.

A private vintage and muscle car museum in Myrtle Beach opened in 2009 by collectors Paul and Carol Cummings, featuring over 100 cars.

Wisconsin's largest auto museum, in Hartford (original home of Kissel cars). Holds the world's largest Kissel collection plus ~120+ vehicles overall (Nash, Pontiac, Studebaker, Chevrolet, Kaiser, Ford).

Automotive museum on the grounds of the Estrella Warbirds Museum at Paso Robles Municipal Airport, founded by vintner Dick Woodland; focused on NASCAR Sprint, Modified, Super Modified, and Midget race cars plus classic cars and motorcycles.

A 22,000 sq ft museum combining classic American cars with baseball memorabilia, in a replica filling station.

Private museum built by auto dealer Jeff Wyler, designed to resemble downtown Batavia, Ohio in 1973.

Private collection of roughly 150 vehicles (automobiles, motorcycles, vintage fire trucks) in a Boise industrial park, built by the late Ron Yanke and his wife Linda.

A 150,000+ sq ft facility begun by the Vander Haag family truck-parts business (since 1939), displaying classic cars, 250+ trucks including 81 fire trucks, farm machinery, and petroleum memorabilia.

A by-appointment-only classic car museum in Williamston featuring a collection of lovingly restored vintage cars, often opened during Williamston special events.

Housed in a former prewar Hudson dealership, with about 30 cars tied to Ypsilanti/Willow Run history including Corvair, Tucker, Hudson, Kaiser-Frazer, and GM Hydra-Matic.

A private collection displayed at Apple Island Resort, focused largely on commercially available sports cars from the 1960s to the present, chosen for styling and engineering. A small weekly-rotating sampling is shown.

Free public car museum at Apple Island Resort showcasing a rotating selection of commercially available sports cars from the 1960s to present.

A privately run classic car business in Hanoi's Tay Ho district describing itself as a classic car museum, primarily operating as a rental service for antique cars used in filming, weddings, and events, with a garden display area visitors can tour.

A general city history museum housed in the former Gia Long Palace, displaying several 1950s-era automobiles as part of its historical collection alongside military aircraft and artillery in its outdoor area.

National historic site in Ho Chi Minh City, the former Presidential Palace of South Vietnam, which displays the historic official car and military jeep associated with the fall of Saigon alongside broader palace exhibits.

An annual free pop-up exhibition organized by the Saigon Classic Car Club during the Tet (Lunar New Year) period, bringing together more than 50 privately owned classic cars for public viewing; the most recent documented edition ran February 7-22, 2026.

A Ho Chi Minh City workshop devoted to vintage Italian scooters (Vespa, Lambretta) and classic Hondas, offering restoration services and guided vintage-scooter touring, with a viewable collection.

Operated by the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, this regional museum in Mutare holds a significant collection of vintage cars, motorcycles, horse-drawn wagons and coaches, and steam engines, largely donated by local collectors.