Marque-specific museums & collections

Independent nonprofit dedicated to preservation of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars, housing about a dozen vehicles plus a research library.

A vintage Japanese-motorcycle collection historically displayed at Hinshaw's Motorcycle Store in Auburn, spanning decades of Japanese marques.

30,000 sq ft facility on the Roush Enterprises (Jack Roush) campus with 110+ vehicles, multimedia exhibits, and memorabilia related to Roush racing heritage.

Billed as the world's first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles, located inside the Powerhouse Visitor Center in Kingman alongside the Arizona Route 66 Museum.

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.

Large private collection (hundreds of vehicles) assembled by DFW auto dealer Sam Pack, focused on classic American cars, muscle cars, and rare Fords, spread across several private facilities.

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

A 15,000 sq ft heritage/manufacturing facility in Las Vegas honoring Carroll Shelby, displaying over 30 historic Shelby vehicles alongside an active vehicle-build shop floor.

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.

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.

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.

The Automobile Gallery within the Wood Museum of Springfield History showcases cars tied to Springfield's pioneering role in the US auto industry, including Duryea, Knox, Stevens-Duryea and Springfield-built Rolls-Royce cars.

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.

Museum dedicated to inventors Francis and Freelan Stanley, born in Kingfield, and their Stanley Steamer automobiles, with family history exhibits.

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.

Combined restoration shop and museum in Mitchell specializing in Ford Mustangs, Shelbys, and Cobras.

A private museum (founded 1993) showcasing ~80 Ford vehicles from roughly 1928-1932 (44 running), including a '32 open-cab pickup, '31 ambulance and a period hot rod, plus a 25,000-piece Ford literature library.

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.

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

Museum maintained by the Thomas H. Hubbard/H.H. Franklin Foundation in Tucson, exclusively dedicated to the Franklin Automobile Company, a pioneering air-cooled-engine maker (1902-1934). Holds roughly 26-30 vehicles.

Long-planned $40M, 56,000 sq ft Jeep heritage museum proposed for Toledo, known as the "Jeep Capital of the World."

Antique trucking museum reputed to hold the world's largest private collection of Mack and antique trucks, nearly 200 trucks dating 1916-2001 across 6 buildings on 40 acres.

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

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.

Operated by the BMW Car Club of America Foundation next to the BMW Performance Center, this is the only BMW-dedicated museum outside Munich, hosting curated rotating exhibits plus the largest BMW archive in the US.

A collection dedicated to Porsche automobiles.

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).

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

Founded by Tim and Pam Wellborn, this museum in Alexander City displays a rotating collection of more than 85 fully restored 1968-1971 muscle cars, with the nation's largest high-performance Dodge/Mopar collection alongside Fords, GMs, and Buicks.

Oldest antique automobile museum in the country, dating back to 1920s collecting activity, rotating roughly 35 of about 150 owned cars, plus one of the largest license plate and car badge collections anywhere.

A single-marque museum devoted to the Wills Sainte Claire luxury car built by C. Harold Wills in Marysville, MI (1921-1926), with associated documents and memorabilia.

Museum dedicated to C. Harold Wills and the Wills Sainte Claire automobile, built in Marysville from 1921-1927; the largest Wills collection in the world.

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).

Small museum in Spring Arbor (Jackson County) focused on Jackson-made automobiles, with about 60 cars including 16 built in Jackson.

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.