General/Multi-marque museums & collections

One of the largest transportation vehicle collections in the world per the Smithsonian, covering rail, road, and other transport, in St. Louis.

A private collection of 100+ low-mileage original classic cars maintained by National Parts Depot founder Rick Schmidt in Ocala, FL, viewable by appointment.

Museum complex in Elk City including the National Route 66 Museum, a National Transportation Museum, Old Town Museum, Farm & Ranch Museum, and Blacksmith Museum, with outdoor vehicle displays.

A private collection focused on famous vehicles from movies and TV, including James Bond's Aston Martin, Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari 308, the Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am, and Evel Knievel's jump bike.

Renowned Sylmar collection of 250+ American and European automobiles (1898-1997), including many Pebble Beach Concours winners, split between a free Museum building and an appointment-only Collection Hall with guided tours.

A 501(c)(3) (founded 2007) to celebrate the automobile and especially Connecticut-made cars. Currently in the development/fundraising stage, hosting car shows and events rather than a permanent exhibition.

Nonprofit founded in 2007 to build a museum celebrating the automobile with special focus on Connecticut-made cars; has selected Granby, CT as a future site but is not yet a visitable physical museum.

Former Tucumcari museum with classic cars, vintage Americana, and a large Route 66 photograph collection.

Proposed 200,000+ sq ft Manhattan automotive experience center intended to display vehicles visitors can sit in, with a rooftop patio and glass floors.

Private collection of 90-100+ automobiles in 80,000 sq ft of galleries curated by owners Gunther and Maggie Buerman, spanning eight decades of automotive design in themed galleries (Corvettes, Ford/Shelby, Porsches, muscle cars, Mopars).

State history museum in Bismarck operated by the State Historical Society of North Dakota, which periodically exhibits vintage vehicles from the state collection, such as a 1900 Holland Special and a 1929 Erskine.

A non-profit museum across five connected buildings, best known for the world's largest collection of Franklin automobiles (Syracuse-built, 1902-1934), plus an extensive New York-built car exhibit.

A small, little-known nonprofit car museum in rural Jewell, GA, described by visitors as an "almost secret" roadside collection of classic automobiles.

Operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society in Clinton, this museum traces Route 66's history decade by decade with period vehicles and roadside artifacts.

A classic car dealership/showroom billed as an "Ultimate Man Cave," offering both display and sales of classic vehicles.

A 32+ acre outdoor "junkyard museum" in White, GA billed as the world's largest classic car junkyard, with thousands of vintage vehicles overgrown by forest, plus folk art and antiques; popular with photographers.

A private, eclectic collection of over 70 vintage vehicles and automobilia in Galax, Virginia, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, paired with an ice cream shop and RV campground.

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.

A transportation-history museum focused on operational pre-1940 aircraft, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and engines. ~150 vehicles including 24 aircraft and 54 cars (1898-1968), most kept running.

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.

Butte museum built from Roy Alan Carson's transportation memorabilia collection; vintage cars alongside license plates and petroliana.

Sprawling 40+ building complex in Murdo started in 1954 by A.J. "Dick" Geisler, now run by his son Dave, with hundreds of cars, trucks, tractors, and motorcycles from a turn-of-the-century Oldsmobile to a 1980s Fiero.

A private automobile collection/museum.

New museum opened May 16, 2024 in the former Crofoot Elementary School building, covering the Oakland Motor Car Company/Pontiac brand plus 51 area-linked automotive brands.

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

Old West heritage museum in Miles City with 13 buildings; the "Wagon Depot" barn houses antique automobiles and wagons.

Town-supported museum displaying collector Bud Striegel's rotating roughly 35-vehicle collection of classic cars and motorcycles.

Private collection assembled by Indianapolis-area dealer Ray Skillman in a 65,000 sq ft showroom, with classic cars, Indy 500 race cars, Corvettes, muscle cars, antique bicycles, and restored neon signage.

Quirky Woodland museum recreating a vintage gas station/diner/general-store scene with antique gas pumps and automotive memorabilia; founded 2000 by Mark Reiff.

A research-oriented automotive museum and archive in Naples, FL housing the Miles Collier Collections of over 100 significant automobiles built 1896-1995, called by the New York Times the finest sports car collection in America.

Private collection of 1940s-50s advertising memorabilia and classic cars housed in an old Ford dealership building in Hillsboro, owned by Carroll Estes.

A long-running family collection of roughly 32 vintage 1920s-1930s cars (Cadillac, Packard, Hupmobile, Nash, Essex and others) in Hood, Virginia, first opened by collector John Dudley in 1967.

Movie/TV-vehicle themed museum featuring screen-used cars and replicas.

Large auto museum in Tucson (opened 2024) founded by Joseph Findysz, spanning 77,000 sq ft with 250+ vehicles including antique cars, fire trucks, tractors, muscle cars, and motorcycles.

Privately owned museum on Route 66 in Santa Rosa with 30+ restored classic cars, street rods, and motorcycles, run by restorer James "Bozo" Cordova.

Privately owned collection of 75+ vehicles from the early 1900s through the 1990s in Springfield, started by Guy Mace in 1990.

Restaurant/entertainment complex in Springfield, opened 2018, with a free museum of race cars, motorcycles, neon signs, and gas pumps.

Free museum inside the public library in Lebanon featuring life-size dioramas of a 1930s gas station, 1940s tourist cabin, and 1950s diner, plus a Route 66 research archive.

Small nonprofit art gallery/Route 66 memorabilia space in Grants with vintage postcards, signage, one vintage car, and local art.

Small museum of vintage and antique automobiles and automotive collectibles in Larned.

Free vintage car museum inside a Route 66 truck stop near the Texas border (Glenrio/Endee area), built from founders Emory and Barbara Russell's personal collection.

Located in Jackson, Tennessee (not Nashville), this museum begun by lifelong collector Rusty Robinson displays over 50 vehicles featured in film and television.

Museum in Sturgis preserving Saab automobile heritage in the U.S., including rare Saabs and cars on loan from the GM Heritage Collection, plus unusual race/modified cars.

An interactive educational automotive museum operating as 'The Garage', featuring hands-on displays, the year-round Kustom Kemps of America (KKOA) Hall of Fame exhibit, and rotating exhibits.

A "tactile" classic car museum in rural Butler County where guests may touch and sit in vehicles.

A 17,000-sq-ft museum in Balboa Park displaying 75+ cars and motorcycles through a permanent collection plus rotating themed exhibits, from brass-era and classic cars to a strong motorcycle collection.

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.

A 60+-year private collection in Willmar with hundreds of cars, trucks, tractors, gas engines, and signage totaling 400+ units.

A collection specializing in Brass Era automobiles and motorcycles (~1895-1917) presented in the context of early American motoring, from an 1899 De Dion-Bouton to a 1924 Mercer.

Restored 1940s Route 66 filling station in Springfield turned petroliana/roadside memorabilia museum, reopened May 2024 after a decade closed.

Assembled over 50+ years by Dr. Frederick Simeone, one of the world's foremost collections of racing sports cars - 75+ significant vehicles (1909-mid-1970s) grouped by famous racing venues.

Flint's science/history museum, reopened July 2022, with a History Gallery and Durant Vehicle Gallery displaying 130+ vehicles built in the Flint/Genesee region alongside Buick/Chevrolet/GM/Durant Motors archives.

The Smithsonian's flagship history museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC holds a significant automobile collection as part of its 'America on the Move' exhibition and broader Smithsonian Automobile Collection, examining transportation's role in American life from 1876 to the present.

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.

The state's main history museum in Pierre, operated by the SD State Historical Society, with exhibits tracing South Dakota history including the growth of railroads and automobiles; holds 30,000+ historical items.

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.

Combined zoo and Americana museum complex containing an auto museum wing with over 50 antique cars and motorcycles alongside carriages, sleighs, firearms, and dolls.

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

Commemorates Springfield's role as an automotive-industry birthplace, including the Duryea brothers' 1893 gasoline car and the only US Rolls-Royce factory (Rolls-Royce of America, 1921-1931); also features an Indian Motorcycles exhibit.

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.

State history museum in Des Moines with some classic car exhibits among broader Iowa history collections.

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.

Automotive history museum formerly at Fair Park in Dallas.

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.

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.

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

Located in Chattanooga's Historic Southside next to the historic Honest Charley Speed Shop (the world's first mail-order speed shop, est. 1948), this museum showcases Corky Coker's personal collection of over 100 vintage cars, hot rods, motorcycles, trucks, buses, and rare engines.

A nonprofit automotive-history museum housing the Feldman collection, focused on the Brass Era (1896-1915) with antique cars dating 1886-1952. The 5-acre site also features antique field power and a 1/8-scale railway.

Educational automotive museum in downtown Salina with interactive displays.

Newly opened (May 2024) museum near Chippewa Falls showcasing cars, trucks, cycles, and automobilia including loaned pieces.

A major indoor-outdoor American history museum complex whose 'Driving America' exhibit presents a comprehensive history of the US automobile from the 1860s, alongside presidential vehicles and broad Americana.

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.

County historical museum in Aurora covering settler life from 1860-1950, including antique vehicles among its broader collection.

A research institute and museum housing the Miles Collier Collections of 100+ historically significant automobiles and race cars (1896-1995) across four galleries, plus a major automotive research library.

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

Consignment dealer/museum in Elkhart Lake showcasing rotating luxury, vintage, and exotic cars and motorcycles near Road America.

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.

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).

Local historical society museum with a large historic-vehicle collection housed in a barn.

Roughly 100 antique vehicles on display in the small town of Marmarth, paired with an ice cream parlor.

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

A nonprofit collection on a large rural campus housing restored vintage cars and a substantial gas-pump/petroliana collection, with a specialty in 1933 Fords.

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

A volunteer-founded museum displaying vintage automobiles from around the world with a rotating lineup, alongside automotive artifacts such as photos, tools, signs and gas pumps. Free admission.