Marque-specific museums & collections

Educational charity/trust preserving over 100–140 historic Jaguar, Daimler, Lanchester and SS vehicles plus a documentary and photographic archive, historically associated with a small heritage centre at the former Browns Lane plant.

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.

Museum dedicated to double Formula 1 World Champion Jim Clark, displaying trophies, memorabilia, photographs and racing cars connected to his career.

Headquarters and factory of McLaren Racing/McLaren Automotive, featuring a boulevard display of historic McLaren Formula 1 and road cars; not open for casual walk-in visits.

Mercedes-Benz-owned visitor attraction on the former Brooklands site displaying over 100 historic and current Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG cars across three floors, with on-site driving experiences on handling circuits and an off-road course.

BMW Group factory tour and visitor centre with a small exhibition on the history of the Mini, followed by a guided walk through the live production lines where new MINIs are assembled.

Visitor centre at Morgan's historic Malvern factory featuring the Archive Room museum with over a century of company artefacts, documents and audio-visual displays, alongside guided factory tours showing the hand-built construction of Morgan cars.

Small free-entry heritage display run by the Scottish Motor Museum Trust inside the former Argyll Motor Works (now the Lomond Galleries retail centre), with information panels and surviving Argyll cars from the early 1900s.

The world's largest collection of British motorcycles, with over 1,000 machines on display spanning marques such as Triumph, BSA, Norton, Vincent and Brough Superior.

Former small motor museum in Newcastle upon Tyne that displayed vintage Triumph, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar and other vehicles dating from the 1920s to the 1990s.

Museum in the stable block of Wollaton Hall covering Nottingham's industrial history, with a Transport Gallery featuring a rare Brough Superior car (one of only four saloons made) and Brough Superior motorcycles alongside Raleigh cycles.

Transport museum beside Hanborough railway station combining a large collection of historic buses and coaches with the Morris Motors Museum, which displays around a dozen Morris cars and vans.

Glasgow's Zaha Hadid-designed transport museum houses the world's leading collection of Scottish-built cars and trucks, including pioneering examples from Argyll, Arrol-Johnston and Albion, displayed alongside trams, trains, bicycles and ship models.

A private collection near Omagh combining fully restored classic cars and motorcycles with petroliana and automobilia, alongside a separate WWII militaria display, built up over more than 45 years by owner-curator Philip.

Birmingham's science museum includes a 'Move It' transport gallery and Science & Industry displays with historically significant cars tied to Birmingham's manufacturing heritage, including an Austin Seven and the Railton Mobil Special land-speed-record car.

Guided 90-minute tours of Triumph Motorcycles' working factory, tracing the brand's history and showing the production line where current models are built.

Part of National Museums NI at Cultra, this is one of the largest transport collections in Europe, with road galleries spanning horse-drawn carriages, early motor cars, buses, trucks and motorcycles alongside a major steam locomotive collection.

Vauxhall's own heritage collection of more than 50 historic Vauxhall cars and some Bedford commercial vehicles, historically open to the public only one day a year with other visits arranged through Vauxhall car clubs.

University-owned collection of roughly 170 vintage/classic vehicles displayed at the school's Washington Street facility in San Francisco, including Duesenbergs and a Tucker 48.

Privately owned museum in a restored 1930s Eagle D-X filling station on Route 66 in Afton, formerly housing 18 Packards plus other vintage autos and Route 66 memorabilia.

The largest public collection of Packard cars and artifacts, housed in a restored 1917 Packard dealership. Features Brass Era cars through 1950s Packards.

Housed in a restored 1917 Packard dealership, this museum displays the largest public collection of Packard automobiles and memorabilia, spanning Brass Era cars, 1930s-40s Classics and 1950s Packards.

A privately owned two-level museum in Asheboro housing one of the largest private collections of antique Harley-Davidson motorcycles in the country, plus a gift shop and 1950s-style diner.

Eclectic private collection in Grandview ranging from a 1910 International to a Ferrari Testarossa, with Studebaker as its signature marque (28 Studebakers on display).

Housed in the Art Deco former Auburn Automobile Company HQ (a National Historic Landmark), displaying 120+ cars across seven galleries, focused on Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg plus Packard, Cadillac and Rolls-Royce.

General art/history museum whose permanent collection includes the 1924 Martin Wasp Touring Car, the only automobile ever manufactured in Vermont, displayed within its "Gilded Age Vermont" exhibit.

Private collection owned by Finley Ledbetter housed in a former car dealer's showroom, focused on 1971 Ford Mustangs and Boss models - one of the largest such collections in the country.

BMW's manufacturer-owned visitor center and museum adjacent to its Spartanburg-area (Greer) manufacturing plant, showcasing BMW brand history and vehicles.

A volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to British-built vehicles used in the US, featuring 40+ British cars from the 1930s-1990s (MG, Triumph, Austin, Jaguar).

Documents the automotive history of Western New York, especially Buffalo-built Pierce-Arrow and Thomas vehicles, displaying antique automobiles, motorcycles and bicycles plus factory artifacts.

A nonprofit preserving Buick history, primarily as a research archive of digitized Buick literature, catalogs, brochures, manuals and memorabilia; it also preserves a few historically important Buick automobiles.

Gilmore campus partner museum modeled after a 1940s Cadillac dealership, opened September 2014 and run by the Cadillac & LaSalle Club.

A single-marque museum on the Gilmore campus displaying Cadillac and LaSalle automobiles in a building replicating a 1948 GM dealership, with artifacts, engines and memorabilia.

Founded in 2000, originally focused on Lozier Motors, now covering regional land and water transportation history on the grounds of the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base.

A Newberg showroom functioning as both a classic-car dealership and a standing personal collection of roughly 60 collector automobiles (1911-1968), with a strong Packard emphasis.

Private museum in Decatur displaying Chevrolet cars and dealership/brand memorabilia from the 1920s to present.

Combined automotive museum and sales showroom in Oyster Bay featuring 70 years of Porsche history plus a vintage BMW 507, Mercedes 300SL, VW Bus, and over 1,000 vintage signs, gas pumps, and Americana.

Small nonprofit museum in Hastings dedicated to the Chevrolet Corvair, currently sharing space with Shade's Classic Corvairs, the only operating Corvair dealership in the world.

Crowley's City Hall occupies a restored historic Ford Motor Company dealership/assembly building (Ford purchased and restored by the city, reopened 2006), housing several small museums including a Ford Automotive Museum displaying Model T and Model A cars of the type once assembled there.

Small, little-known private museum dedicated to the DeLorean, featuring a showroom-ready car plus a "barn find" DeLorean, factory artifacts, and an architect's model of the Belfast factory.

Private collection of 110+ Chevrolet convertibles from 1912-1975, one of every model year, plus Corvette convertibles from 1953-1975, owned by businessman Dennis Albaugh.

Roadside attraction/museum in Maricopa built by Ernie Adams, featuring hand-built, fully functional 11/16-scale "dwarf car" replicas of classic American automobiles.

A museum run by the Early Ford V-8 Foundation displaying 65+ flathead V-8 Ford vehicles from 1932-1953. Exhibits include a recreated 1936 Ford dealership with a stainless-steel sedan and a 1940s service garage.

An art, history and technology museum with ~100 cars and trucks, including one of the world's largest collections of Ford Model A/AA commercial vehicles, shown via a robotic vertical racking system.

Planned museum in Española ("Lowrider Capital of the World") to document Northern New Mexico lowriding history and culture, championed by the Española Lowrider Association.

A private collection of 50+ Soviet-era/Eastern Bloc vehicles (Lada, Moskvitch, GAZ, etc.), one of the largest such collections in the Western Hemisphere. Has no permanent exhibition space; runs occasional pop-up expositions in the Sammamish/Issaquah area.

Ford-focused museum in Bigfork founded 1980 by collector Lyle Aklested, roughly 80-120 vehicles, mostly 1932-1971 Fords.

A museum in the 1904 Ford factory where the Model T was born (a National Historic Landmark), displaying early Ford and other Detroit-area automobiles plus a recreation of the secret experimental room.

A former museum in Fort Lauderdale, FL dedicated to antique Packard automobiles and trucks.

13,000-sq-ft museum/antique shop in Gillette in a former 1949 Ford dealership, with recreated "vintage town" rooms displaying classic cars, gas pumps, and signage.

Billed as the world's first in-dealership underground Porsche exhibit; free display inside the Porsche Santa Clarita dealership showing rare Porsches from 1948 to present.

Private collector Donald Passardi's purpose-built 4,800 sq ft museum holding 10,000+ Ford-related items from 1903-1953, including restored cars, gas pumps, and oil-can displays.

Largest Cadillac collection in the world, 80+ cars assembled by retired eye surgeon Dr. Steven Greenberg and his wife, housed in a former Cadillac dealership across 4 buildings.

Gilmore partner museum of the H.H. Franklin Manufacturing Company (Syracuse, NY), maker of America's most successful air-cooled automobile from 1902-1934.

Private motorcycle museum founded by Bobby Haas, showcasing over 230 rare, vintage, and custom motorcycles alongside sculpture art.

Family-owned museum tied to Lincoln Highway heritage, claiming the world's largest running/driving collection of Edsels under one roof.

Was billed as the world's largest Hudson automobile collection (60+ vehicles), assembled by Eldon Hostetler and donated to the Shipshewana Event Center in 2007.

A historical society (founded 1995) preserving the history of Hudson, Essex, Terraplane and related vehicles. Provides Hudson vehicles/displays to museums and manages the National Hudson Motor Car Co. Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

A 47,000 sq ft museum dedicated to International Harvester/Scout trucks and tractors, run with Super Scout Specialists.

A private collection of manual-transmission sports cars housed in "Deerwood Castle," the former North American headquarters of Lamborghini, in Jacksonville, FL.

Museum/event venue founded by Ted O'Dell inside the historic 1895 former Jackson Automobile Company building, initially planned to open April 2021.

Informal outdoor museum of vintage Mack, International, Sterling, and other trucks assembled by collector Dick Kemp starting in the 1970s.

Local history museum with a dedicated gallery on Kenosha's manufacturing legacy (Jeffery, Nash, Rambler, AMC); cars rotate annually.

Collection of 100+ vehicles including the world's largest collection of Haynes and Apperson automobiles under one roof, plus modern items like a GM EV-1.

County historical society museum with an auto wing, the Kesling Automobile Collection donated by Dr. Peter and Charlene Kesling, displaying 30+ vintage automobiles.

Private collection of 30+ British and European classics, including Jaguars, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, MG, Triumph, and Bentley, housed in a 1920 former Willys-Overland dealership building.

One of the most extensive collections related to the Mitchell Wagon Company, Wisconsin Wheel Works, and Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company, run by a direct descendant of the founding families in Boonville.

A single-marque museum on the Gilmore campus dedicated to Lincoln Motor Company history, displaying coachbuilt Lincolns and a large archive of memorabilia and documents.

Nonprofit Tustin museum with 100+ vehicles, heavy on Ferraris, Lamborghinis, race cars, and muscle cars; proceeds benefit children's charities.

Free racing museum attached to Mark Martin Ford dealership in Batesville, housing NASCAR memorabilia, trophies, and race vehicles from Arkansas native and NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin's career.

Private Arvada-area collection of sports/vintage racing cars (historically up to 15 McLarens), roughly 15 Corvettes, and motorcycles, built by the Mathews family since around 1970.

A Burlington museum founded by Mike McCandless honoring his father Herb McCandless ('Mr. 4 Speed'), a legendary drag racer, focusing on Forward Look-era Mopar/Chrysler vehicles, drag racing history, and automobilia.

Mercedes-Benz USA-operated restoration, parts, and sales facility in Irvine with a showroom displaying historic vehicles, some on loan from the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Germany.

Was an antique auto museum in Elkhart with a reported Studebaker display.

A 501(c)(3) educational foundation dedicated to preserving Model A Fords. Its actual Model A Ford Museum is located on the Gilmore Car Museum campus in Hickory Corners, Michigan (opened 2013).

Gilmore partner museum and the largest public museum dedicated to the Model A Ford, run by the Model A Ford Foundation Inc.

Official museum of the Model T Ford Club of America, in two buildings in Richmond's Historic Depot District with 40+ Model Ts plus a working machine shop and vintage garage.

An approximately 5-acre indoor/outdoor museum in Aniwa with 400+ vehicles organized by theme (race room, bike barn, boneyard, exotics, military), including a large vintage Alfa Romeo display.

By-appointment Oxnard museum focused on French Art Deco-era automobiles and coachbuilding (Bugatti, Delahaye, Talbot-Lago), founded by collector Peter Mullin; occupied the former Otis Chandler museum building.

A museum in Odenville dedicated entirely to the Ford Mustang, displaying over 120 Mustangs covering nearly every model year and generation, including the largest collection of Highway Patrol/SSP (Special Service Package) Mustangs in the U.S.

A museum in Concord dedicated exclusively to the Ford Mustang, displaying vehicles spanning multiple generations of the model.

Corvette-focused museum/retail store in Effingham, operated by Corvette-parts retailer Mid America Motorworks since 1995.

Operated by the Corvair Preservation Foundation on historic Route 66, this is the only museum dedicated solely to the Chevrolet Corvair, displaying cars, trucks, powertrain displays and memorabilia.

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.

Located in Warren, OH (Packard's birthplace), presenting rotating displays of Packard automobiles with documents, engines, tools and artifacts, plus an annual motorcycle exhibit.

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.

Private collector's early-automobile collection housed in a former bowling alley in Grand Island, centered on the rare Nebraska-built Viele automobile marque.

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.

Private museum holding the world's largest private Hudson automobile collection, plus Maxwell, Essex, Terraplane, Plymouth, and Chrysler vehicles, across two historic former dealership buildings.

A preserved historic site (the 1927 Packard vehicle testing facility with Albert Kahn-designed buildings) offering tours, historic Packard automobiles and artifacts of Packard's automotive, marine and aviation work.

Manufacturer museum for Panoz sports cars in Hoschton, GA, showcasing the brand's road cars and Le Mans/IMSA racing history including hybrid and prototype race cars.

Gilmore partner museum with about two dozen Pierce-Arrow vehicles (cars, bicycles, motorcycles, travel trailers) from 1903-1938, run by the Pierce-Arrow Foundation.

A single-marque museum dedicated to the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company, displaying restored cars, bicycles, motorcycles and travel trailers spanning the full 1903-1938 production range.

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.

Nonprofit museum in Pontiac, IL devoted to Pontiac and Oakland cars, memorabilia, and a research resource center.

Porsche's North American driving and brand experience campus near Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, featuring a Heritage Gallery of rare and historic Porsche road and race cars, including vehicles from the Porsche Classic Factory Restoration workshop.

A transportation museum named for Ransom E. Olds (founder of Oldsmobile and REO), displaying a broad range of Oldsmobiles and REOs plus related marques, advertising and memorabilia.

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

Established in 1988 on the Petty family property in Level Cross/Randleman, the museum tells the story of the Petty racing dynasty, one of the founding families of NASCAR stock car racing.

A nonprofit preserving Rolls-Royce and Bentley heritage. Its ~5,000-sq-ft facility displays ~29 Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars (1929 Springfield Phantom I to 1989 Silver Spirit), plus a research library and technical garage.