Concept/Prototype museums & collections

Museum in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, opened in November 2024 by the Fundação Lia Maria Aguiar, tracing the history of Brazil through the automobile with a technical collection of more than 500 vehicles and roughly 100-120 on rotating display.

Classic car theme park in São Roque, São Paulo, with more than 185 vehicles and a dedicated Formula One-themed wing opened in April 2026 featuring life-size replicas of cars driven by Ayrton Senna.

Finland's largest private automobile museum, spread over three floors in Vaasa with more than 300 vehicles and engines, ranging from civilian and Japanese cars to racing cars, aircraft engines and moped rarities.

Citroën's manufacturer heritage collection of roughly 370 vehicles, formerly housed at a 6,500 m² site adjacent to the Aulnay-sous-Bois plant, was permanently closed to visitors on 30 June 2024 after the land was reclaimed for redevelopment.

A municipal museum in Romorantin-Lanthenay dedicated to Matra Automobile, which built cars locally from the 1960s until 2003. Spanning over 3,000 m², it covers Matra's origins, competition history, series production and prototypes.

A manufacturer-owned vehicle collection housed at the former Karmann headquarters in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, documenting the history of coachbuilder Wilhelm Karmann and its collaboration with Volkswagen. It comprises over 100 vehicles, prototypes, design studies and cutaway models, including the Karmann Ghia, Beetle Cabriolet, Scirocco, Corrado and the VW XL1.

A private automobile museum in Fichtelberg (Bavaria) founded in 1992 by the Eckert family, displaying more than 500 exhibits across three exhibition halls plus outdoor space totaling roughly 10,000 square meters. The collection spans automotive history from 1896 to the present and includes cars, motorcycles, aircraft, fire engines, tractors, and prototypes.

A large private automobile museum in Dietzhölztal-Ewersbach, Hesse, opened to the public on 23 July 2023 by the nonprofit Stiftung Nationales Automuseum, showcasing the collection of entrepreneur Friedhelm Loh in a converted historic ironworks building.

An Opel-operated 'experience park' on the factory grounds in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, opened May 1999, combining a factory tour with interactive exhibits, driving simulators and a showcase of current, concept and historic Opel models.

Opened in 2021 at Fuji Speedway Hotel, this museum traces the history of global and Japanese motorsport from early Grand Prix racing to modern Formula One through historic race cars, engines, and interactive exhibits.

Nissan's free public gallery on the ground floor of its Global Headquarters in Yokohama displays 20 to 30 current, concept, and heritage vehicles, including classic Datsun and Skyline GT-R models alongside its electric-vehicle lineup.

Interactive automotive-history museum within the state-run Parque Guanajuato Bicentenario, opened in 2018, combining permanent educational exhibits (assembly-line experience, "anatomy of the automobile") with rotating displays of private classic-car collections and new-vehicle launches.

State-run museum in the former La Constancia Mexicana textile factory, opened January 2017, showcasing historic Volkswagen and Audi vehicles produced in or important to Mexico's auto industry, alongside a rotating temporary exhibition hall.

City-founded (1998) museum in a historic tram depot, tracing Polish motorization from the interwar period through the PRL era, including rare unproduced prototypes.

A forthcoming national automobile museum being developed by Qatar Museums in the former Doha Exhibition Centre building along the Lusail Expressway, designed by OMA (Rem Koolhaas) and originally targeted to open around 2026.

A planned museum near the Renault-Dacia plant in Mioveni intended to showcase 58 Dacia models in an 11,000 m² purpose-built structure, first announced around 2014.

Official museum of the AvtoVAZ automobile plant tracing the history of Zhiguli and Lada production cars, from the first models to modern vehicles, alongside unique prototypes and concept cars built on Lada platforms.

Hyundai Motorstudio Busan occupies the former F1963 Kiswire wire-rope factory in Suyeong-gu and combines Hyundai design exhibitions with a library, workshop space, and restaurant. It opened in 2016 under the theme 'Design to Live By.'

Hyundai Motorstudio Goyang is a brand experience space operated by Hyundai Motor Company inside the KINTEX exhibition complex, showcasing current production and concept vehicles alongside design and mobility exhibits. It opened in 2018 as one of Hyundai's flagship domestic Motorstudio venues.

Hyundai Motorstudio Hanam is a Hyundai-operated design and mobility exhibition space located on the first floor of the Starfield Hanam shopping mall. It displays current Hyundai models, concept vehicles, and design-themed exhibits that rotate periodically.

Hyundai Motorstudio Seoul in Apgujeong is Hyundai's flagship brand experience center, reopened in September 2025 after a full renovation spanning five floors, including an auto-themed library and a floor dedicated to the Hyundai N performance brand.

Kia360 is Kia's flagship brand experience center in Apgujeong, Seoul, built around a 360-degree track-shaped layout with zones for brand and design storytelling, EV experiences, and a Kia User & Heritage Zone that digitally recreates the brand's history.

Located in Yuncos (Toledo), this museum built on the Vicente Pavía collection displays vehicles associated with film and television alongside classic cars.

Opened in April 2023 in Finestrat (Alicante), this 3,000 sqm museum displays around 60-80 vehicles and motorcycles from the 1920s to today, plus well-known film and TV vehicle replicas.

SEAT's historic vehicle collection, housed in Nave A122 at the company's Zona Franca plant in Barcelona, holds roughly 300 vehicles including historic production cars, competition cars and prototypes.

Volvo's industrial heritage museum at the Volvo Powertrain/engine plant in Skövde, tracing Volvo's industrial development and Swedish industrialization from the mid-1800s, including production and prototype engines.

Volvo Cars' and Volvo Group's joint brand experience centre and museum, opened April 2024 as successor to the former Volvo Museum in Arendal (closed December 2023). Displays Volvo's automotive, truck, bus, construction and marine/industrial engine history from 1927 to present, blended with interactive digital exhibits.

Independent museum combining classic cars with an extensive James Bond 007 memorabilia collection, including film props and vehicles such as the Lotus Esprit S1 used in 'The Spy Who Loved Me'.

The world's largest collection of historic British cars, with over 400 vehicles on display spanning Austin, Morris, MG, Jaguar, Land Rover, Rover, Triumph, Mini and more, plus a Collections Centre housing an additional ~250 reserve vehicles including prototypes and concept cars.

Former museum in Keswick dedicated to celebrity film and TV vehicles, including a sister attraction, The Bond Museum, with over 30 original James Bond screen cars.

Museum celebrating the career of Formula 1 driver David Coulthard, displaying several of his F1 cars, karts from his early career, trophies, race suits and helmets.

Formerly the world's largest collection of Grand Prix racing cars, housed in five halls at Donington Park circuit, with over 130 exhibits including historic Formula 1 and pre-war racing machinery.

The world's largest dedicated classic-car restoration facility for Jaguar and Land Rover, with 54 workshop bays and a private collection of over 260 historic vehicles including prototypes, concept cars, movie cars and the first Land Rover and Range Rover.

Interactive museum at Silverstone Circuit covering the history of British motor racing with over 60 interactive exhibits, historic F1 and motorcycle racing machines, and a 360-degree 'Ultimate Lap' cinema experience.

Museum in Douglas dedicated to "art cars" - vehicles transformed into rolling works of art. Opened to the public in 2023.

An invitation-only vault of design studies and pre-production prototypes never shown publicly.

Former 30,000-sq-ft museum at Gateway Canyons Resort displaying the Hendricks Collection - 50+ significant American automobiles assembled by John Hendricks, founder of the Discovery Channel.

GM's corporate heritage facility, 81,000 sq ft, with about 165 vehicles and the permanent home of GM's historic literature/artifact archives.

A 30,000 sq ft Las Vegas museum curated by Hollywood car builder Jay Ohrberg, showcasing movie- and TV-famous vehicles, plus an attached "Liberace Garage" wing with the entertainer's flamboyant vehicles.

Honda's first public museum in the U.S., adjacent to its original 1979 Marysville plant; free admission.

Founded 2002 by Jeff Lane in a former Nashville bakery, holding the largest collection of European cars and motorcycles in the US - 500+ vehicles (~150 displayed), emphasizing unusual and one-off designs.

Located in original Auburn Automobile factory buildings, NATMUS displays hundreds of historic cars and trucks (antique through concept), plus 4,000+ die-cast models and a large petroliana collection.

A museum dedicated solely to the Chevrolet Corvette, adjacent to the GM Bowling Green Assembly Plant. Its 115,000-sq-ft campus displays 80+ Corvettes among 100+ significant cars and 50,000 artifacts.

Founded 1995 by custom-car builder Darryl Starbird, this 40,000-sq-ft museum housed 50+ one-of-a-kind hot rods and customs, including 25 of Starbird's own creations plus builds by Barris, Ed Roth and others.

A large automotive museum inside the Dezerland Park entertainment complex on International Drive in Orlando, showcasing over 2,000 vehicles valued around $200 million across 20 themed rooms; grew out of the former Miami Auto Museum/Dezer Collection, which relocated from North Miami.

The petroleum-industry museum's dedicated Chaparral Gallery displays Jim Hall's innovative Chaparral racing cars, restored via a 2004 partnership with Hall.

One of the world's largest automotive museums on LA's Miracle Mile. 300+ vehicle collection across ~25 galleries covering design, motorsport, Hollywood cars, hot rods, lowriders and future mobility, plus a large basement Vault.

World's largest private collection of Nash/Rambler/AMC vehicles, prototypes, and memorabilia on a 160-acre property in Elizabeth.