Muscle/American museums & collections

A private oldtimer museum in Sigmundsherberg with over 150 vehicles including unusual American, Eastern-Bloc and coachbuilt cars such as an AMC Javelin, GAZ Chaika and Monteverdi.

A private collection of roughly 50-55 American cars from 1940 to 1964, assembled by collector Dr. Paul Lombard and displayed in a 1,000 square-meter hangar.

An Americana-themed exhibition run by a motorcycle shop, displaying vehicles such as a Studebaker Avanti and vintage Harley-Davidson and NSU motorcycles.

Private collection in Carmo da Mata, Minas Gerais, open by appointment, displaying 100-150 restored American and European cars from the 1920s-1960s alongside an antique clock collection.

Museum in Pomerode, Santa Catarina, displaying American classic cars from the 1940s to 1970s.

Private museum in the forests near Lužná (Rakovník district) with more than 80 American classic cars displayed indoors and outdoors, styled as an old American town with a diner-style bistro.

The first and largest museum of pre-war American automobiles in the Czech Republic, with more than 70 cars displayed in themed halls inside a former textile factory.

Finland's largest private vehicle collection, opened in 1999 in Ylämylly (Liperi) near Joensuu in North Karelia. Over 400 vehicles are on display, from mopeds and tractors to American cars and curiosities across decades, along with scale models.

Former private museum in Budapest showcasing American classic cars from the 1940s-1970s plus a few Rolls-Royces.

A private car and motorcycle museum owned by collector Chin Jit Pyng, opened to the public in 2023 with more than 100 vehicles across roughly ten themed sections.

Car-history center near Oslo Gardermoen airport run by Eight AmCars Club (founded 1977), preserving American 'orphan' makes that lost out to Ford and GM between 1946-1966; roughly 120 of the club's 400+ cars are on display.

Combined diner, café and small museum in Eiken (Agder) celebrating 1950s-60s American and Norwegian nostalgia; rebuilt after a fire destroyed the original building in December 2019. Regularly hosts classic car and motorcycle meets.

Private museum near Brzozów created by Andrzej Bieńczak, showing over 70 antique car models spanning more than 100 years of motoring history.

A large private collection reputed to be one of South Africa's biggest, featuring both restored classic cars and a large yard of unrestored 'barn find' vehicles, with a mounted passenger aircraft visible from the N1 highway near Cape Town.

A private collection of over 300 vehicles across nine pavilions near Hervás (Cáceres), including antique and classic motorcycles, sidecars, American cars and carriages, built up by collector Juan Gil Moreno.

A large private collection of American classic cars (reported around 80 vehicles) from the 1950s-60s displayed with period memorabilia and decor, located in Tumba.

Charitable foundation housing what is billed as Scotland's largest private collection of classic and performance cars and motorcycles, over 400 vehicles assembled by philanthropist David Moulsdale.

A private, nonprofit 123,000 sq ft muscle car museum in Melbourne, FL housing Mark Pieloch's collection of 475+ American muscle cars from the 1950s-70s through modern performance models.

Nonprofit foundation museum with 90+ ultra-low-mileage, original-condition American cars spanning 100 years, framed against historical events such as the Depression, WWII, and the oil embargo.

Former museum in downtown Shreveport housed in a former auto/truck dealership building opened in 1928, which displayed more than 60 vintage cars, fire trucks, motorcycles and bicycles spanning the early 20th century through 1960s-70s muscle cars.

Antique and muscle-car museum in Lancaster County's Intercourse, PA, displaying roughly 50 cars in four rows, focused on American muscle from the 1950s-70s alongside signage, gas pumps, and motorcycles.

Private classic car museum with 100+ vintage, custom, and hot rod vehicles spanning the 1920s-2010s.

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.

Over 150 collectible, classic, and muscle cars alongside farm exhibits, steam engines, 150+ tractors, and harvesting equipment; inventory changes as vehicles are bought/sold.

Classic car dealership/museum with 125+ vehicles and a one-mile track where visitors can ride along or drive classic/muscle cars, including drift experiences.

A private collection housed in the historic 1911 Beverley Garage Building in downtown Staunton, Virginia, displaying an ever-changing selection of vehicles from the dawn of motoring through the muscle-car era.

A large Sacramento museum (72,000 sq ft) with 150+ classic, race, muscle and early cars representing the whole history of the automobile, with changing 'rolling exhibits' and free docent tours.

Private muscle-car museum owned by Peter Fink, CEO of Certified Transmission, in northwest Omaha; one of the largest independent American muscle car collections in the U.S.

A for-profit classic-car sales, restoration, and storage facility in Fredericksburg, Virginia that also maintains a large, constantly rotating public showroom display functioning much like a living museum.

A 'living' museum with a rotating display of pre- and post-WWII classic cars, mid-century muscle cars, vintage trucks, motorcycles and even farm tractors. The lineup changes regularly.

A 22,000 sq ft museum with 35 classic cars from the 1940s-1980s (Corvettes, T-Birds, Buicks, Chryslers) plus an attached fine art/artifact gallery.

Large collection of 200+ classic, muscle, exotic, and custom cars alongside 3,000+ vintage toys.

Free museum attached to Doc's Harley-Davidson dealership in Bonduel, featuring classic/muscle cars alongside motorcycles.

Private 260-acre complex in Colorado Springs with roughly 100 operational military vehicles plus a large secondary hot rod/muscle car collection.

Was a museum founded by dealer Larry Bennett in 2015 at his former dealership, showcasing classic, muscle, exotic, and movie-associated vehicles plus vintage gas pumps and neon signage.

A combination museum, dealership, and restoration shop in Corinth founded by Terry Rider, displaying roughly 82 of a 200+ vehicle collection spanning the 1920s to present, including muscle cars, exotics, and motorcycles.

Showcases 75+ American cars and trucks from the 1950s-60s, including a "Class of '69" section of ten Chevy Camaros and a set of "woodie" station wagons.

Began 30+ years ago as a private car museum in Rogers; shifted to a classic car dealership/showroom model in 2017, dropping formal museum admission.

A long-running Sevierville museum that displayed over 90 American muscle cars valued at more than $8 million, alongside a large collectibles gift shop, for 25 years.

Large classic-car sales showroom in O'Fallon, part of a national chain, with rotating inventory displayed museum-style and free admission.

Branch showroom of the national Gateway Classic Cars chain, with browsable inventory of classic, exotic, and collectible cars.

Georgia's official state racing museum in Dawsonville, the "birthplace of stock car racing," honoring 130+ inductees connected to NASCAR and Georgia racing history.

Nonprofit Modesto museum celebrating the "American Graffiti" cruising culture with classic cars, hot rods, and memorabilia in a recreated-storefront setting.

Private museum in Ames with the largest collection of vintage drag racing dragsters in the region, including NASCAR-connected cars.

A 12,000-sq-ft museum in a former armory along Route 66, displaying dozens of vehicles (antique, vintage, muscle, military, racing) plus Route 66 memorabilia and antique motorcycles.

Small muscle car museum that opened in Hot Springs in 2004, displaying roughly 17 cars including multiple Mustangs and Camaros.

Planned museum in Sauk Rapids built from the personal collection of the late James Feneis (d. 2023), who set up a charitable foundation to convert his garage into a public museum.

A large purpose-built car museum next to the Tacoma Dome (opened 2012), growing out of Harold LeMay's collection (once the world's largest private car collection). Broadly American, spanning the 20th century.