Trucks/Commercial museums & collections

Open-air industrial heritage museum with over 20 exhibition areas, including a collection of more than 25 vintage vehicles such as veteran Southdown buses, commercial vehicles, traction engines and road rollers, plus a narrow-gauge railway.

The largest transport and agriculture museum of its kind in Wales, displaying over 100 classic cars, motorcycles, commercial, military and agricultural vehicles from the 1920s onward, set along a recreated 1940s village street.

Open-air "living museum" of North East England recreating 1825 and 1913 life, including a Motor & Cycle Works garage housing a working and static collection of early cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles.

Open-air living history museum reconstructing the Black Country's industrial past, including a dedicated vehicle gallery of locally manufactured cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles from marques such as Sunbeam, Star, Guy, Clyno and Bean.

Primarily a steam engine and gardens attraction that also houses the national Dad's Army collection of vintage vehicles, including Jones's butcher's van, a period fire engine and Captain Mainwaring's Austin 8 staff car, set on a reconstructed Walmington-on-Sea high street.

Museum dedicated to British commercial road transport history, housed in a former Leyland Motors inspection building, displaying over 60 vintage buses, fire engines, delivery vehicles and other commercial vehicles.

Houses the largest collection of British-made road transport in public ownership, including around 250 cars and commercial vehicles, 120 motorcycles and 300 cycles, with strong emphasis on Coventry-built marques such as Jaguar, Triumph, Humber, Standard and Riley.

Volunteer-run museum with more than 100 historic vehicles across four halls, including cars, buses, motorcycles and commercial vehicles, plus a horse-drawn ambulance and a steam road roller.

Open-air working transport museum where visitors can ride historic trams, trolleybuses and buses, plus a narrow-gauge railway and static displays of vintage cars, lorries, vans and taxis.

Independent charitable museum in Alford telling the story of transport in North East Scotland through historic and classic cars, motorcycles, steam vehicles, a double-decker bus and an electric tram.

One of the largest vintage vehicle collections in South West England, with over 40 cars and commercial vehicles including some used in TV and film productions, housed within a family farm-park attraction; also home to the Reg Imray motorcycle collection.

A large collection of over 100 transport and engineering objects made or used in the Ipswich area, including buses, trams, trolleybuses, commercial vehicles, a police car, fire engines and bicycles.

Large motor museum at the former RAF Jurby airfield with over 500 cars spanning 1902-2005, plus around 300 motorcycles, buses, fire engines and other vehicles.

Volunteer-run museum of the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society housing over 60 vehicles including vintage cars, buses, vans, fire engines and motorcycles, plus transport memorabilia.

Hampshire County Council living-history museum with reconstructed period streets, housing around 25 commercial vehicles and cars, horse-drawn and motorised fire engines, buses and a tramcar, plus an extensive Thornycroft collection and factory recreation.

Museum preserving Greater Manchester's public transport heritage, holding one of the UK's largest bus collections (around 80 vehicles) alongside some cars and commercial vehicles.

Independent museum founded in 1966 by Willie Dale, housing vintage and classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles and commercial vehicles dating from 1899, alongside period advertising signs and militaria.

Volunteer-run museum in a former 1881 tram/bus depot in St Helens, housing over 60 buses, trams, coaches and cars from Merseyside-area operators.

A 25-acre heritage site at Ruddington combining a working historic bus depot with vintage buses and coaches, a heritage steam railway, and miniature/model railways, run largely by volunteers.

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.

Small museum run by the Rushden Historical Transport Society, housed in a Victorian former Midland Railway station, displaying vintage cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles and railway/transport memorabilia.

The Science Museum Group's large-object store on a former RAF airfield, accessible only via pre-booked guided tours, holding classic cars, trucks and buses among its wider science, transport and aviation collection.

A 45-acre transport heritage site near Dunfermline holding around 160 preserved buses plus a collection of classic cars, lorries, a restored steam roller and a horse tram.

Volunteer-run museum in Rotherham holding around 50 vehicles including classic cars, buses and a tramcar body, focused on South Yorkshire transport history.

A volunteer-run heritage centre preserving vintage buses that served South Wales, alongside a collection of British and American classic cars, vans, Land Rovers and early commercial and emergency-service vehicles.

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.

Volunteer-run transport museum housed in a Victorian pumping station, displaying classic cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, bicycles and pedal cars from the last 120 years alongside local social-history exhibits.

Transport museum and heritage tramway in Birkenhead holding historic trams, buses, cars and motorcycles including the Baxter Collection, currently closed for major redevelopment.

One of Ukraine's largest private technical museums, listed in the Book of Records of Ukraine for its collection, with more than 60 cars, motorcycles and military vehicles plus pedal cars and wartime artefacts.

Professionally staffed collecting institution in Hershey with a rotating collection of over 130 cars, trucks, buses, and motorcycles, including the Cammack Tucker Gallery.

An over-the-road transportation museum (~43,000 sq ft, three galleries) with 75+ cars, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles from the carriage era to present, with regional emphasis on Mack Trucks and early PA automaking.

Privately owned South El Monte museum with over 180 restored military vehicles - tanks, jeeps, trucks, artillery - spanning WWI through the Cold War/Desert Storm era.

Museum in Perryville dedicated to celebrating the history of the tractor.

55-acre living-history museum near Vista dedicated primarily to antique stationary steam/gas engines and vintage tractors/crawlers; not a dedicated automobile museum but holds early motorized/industrial vehicles.

Bay City museum claiming the largest collection of motorized fire trucks in the world (60+), including the FDNY "Super Pumper," plus 12,000+ antique toys.

Museum in Salina housing 100+ restored antique trucks, assembled by Art Robinson.

Founded 1965 in the former Boyertown Auto Body Works, preserving PA transportation history with 90+ vehicles (carriages, bicycles, cars, trucks) almost all built in Pennsylvania, plus period displays.

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

Founded in 1982 by Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation for its 50th anniversary, this Cherryville museum documents the early history of the trucking industry.

A free, self-guided outdoor museum along Highway 26 near Elsie/Seaside preserving Oregon's timber heritage, including a notable collection of vintage logging trucks and a steam logging locomotive.

Firefighting history museum in a restored 1908 Columbus fire engine house.

Three co-located museums in Cortland, NY: the Brockway Truck Museum covering the history of the Cortland-based Brockway Motor Company, the Homeville Museum (military/local history), and Tractors of Yesteryear.

Displays over 200 vehicles illustrating Maine's land transportation history, including antique cars, trucks, snow plows, fire trucks, and farm equipment, plus veterans' memorials.

Volunteer-run pioneer/farm-equipment museum on a hilltop site near Wolford with an immense collection of antique tractors, steam engines, threshers, autos, and early transportation.

20-acre pioneer village near Scobey with 35 restored buildings; collection includes antique cars, tractors, and farm machinery.

A free-admission museum in Sunrise, FL displaying a Belgian collector's lifetime collection of thousands of automotive and vintage gas-station items, including immersive period recreations like a 1934 Texaco station and a drive-in movie scene.

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

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.

A 38,000 sq ft facility near Elkader tracing the history of earthmoving equipment from the 1880s-1940s, focused primarily on the evolution of the Caterpillar Company.

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.

A small museum in Cockeysville, Maryland founded by James L. Dunbar Sr., founder of Dunbar Armored, chronicling the history of the armored transport industry.

Preserves the history of the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company and Seagrave fire apparatus, both born in Clintonville, with 90+ vehicles (nearly 70 on display).

Nonprofit trucking museum founded in 1998 by Richard and Frances Guerrera dedicated to 1950s-era trucking, which opened in a 32,000 sq ft building in 2002.

County-government-operated local history museum in Sheridan with a dedicated antique automobile gallery, displaying cars, delivery trucks, and a 1939 Chevrolet-based fire truck alongside its main local-history collection.

Hibbing museum marking the 1914 birthplace of the bus industry (Greyhound), founded 1989.

Dedicated antique-car building within the larger 30+ building Gunnison Pioneer Museum complex, roughly 90 vehicles seeded by a donation from collector Andy Mallett.

Phoenix museum billed as the world's largest firefighting history museum, with more than 100 restored fire trucks, steamers, and hand pumpers dating from 1725 to the early 2000s.

A 28-building, 20-acre pioneer/technology village in Minden with 50,000+ artifacts arranged chronologically, including an automobile gallery.

Owner-run yard/museum of vintage big rigs and trucks assembled by Dennis Yaworski, with visitors reporting roughly 30 trucks indoors and 150+ outside plus tractors and construction equipment.

Large antique-truck collection (100+ makes) housed within the Heidrick Ag History Center in Woodland, alongside an antique tractor museum.

Volunteer-run nonprofit in Lexington dedicated to restoring and displaying historic military vehicles and equipment.

Small-town vintage auto museum in Rudyard in a 1947 field-rock former farm-implement building; part of a three-museum complex.

A rural Ferry County collection of rare antique automobiles and trucks alongside a reconstructed steam-powered sawmill, antique farm machinery, and a blacksmith shop.

State-run military history museum at Gowen Field (Boise) with static armored vehicle/military transport displays alongside uniforms and firearms.

Former nonprofit military vehicle museum based in Fruitland.

Museum dedicated to monster truck history, honoring drivers and builders in its Hall of Fame.

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

Located in Chattanooga, birthplace of the tow truck, documenting the towing/recovery industry with ~24 historic tow trucks (1913-2002), a Hall of Fame and the world's largest toy tow truck collection.

Located in Chattanooga, the birthplace of the tow truck (invented there in 1916), this museum and hall of fame displays restored antique salvage trucks and cranes alongside artifacts from the towing and recovery industry's history.

Free-admission museum of vintage and antique trucks located at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, billed as the world's largest truckstop.

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

16-acre history museum and pioneer village in Bakersfield featuring roughly 40 horse-drawn and early motorized vehicles (largely from the Harry West estate) alongside a restored 1912 Bakersfield trolley car.

A large museum and event venue in Colonial Heights, Virginia (just off I-95 near Richmond) with over 125,000 square feet of exhibit space devoted to antique trucks, tractors, and related vehicles.

Small-town museum combining antique farm machinery and household items with a fully restored 1911 Carter automobile, one of about 500 ever made.

Private fire-protection history collection assembled by Randy Koorsen, housed at the Koorsen Fire & Security training center.

A 128-acre nonprofit showgrounds near Le Sueur with 25+ buildings preserving antique farm equipment, steam/gas/diesel engines, and old cars/trucks; volunteer association founded 1977.

Oregon Trail-area museum in Gering with an 80-acre working farm, historic farmstead structures, and a large collection of antique tractors and farm implements.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln museum on the East Campus preserving the history of the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory, with about 40 antique/unique tractors.

8-acre private collection in Moriarty with 700+ automobiles plus roughly 1,000 antique toy trucks, trains, and tractors.

Museum on the ground floor of the Bellflower Mayne Events Center preserving historic LA County Fire Department apparatus and memorabilia.

Housed at historic Fire Station No. 27 in Hollywood; free museum with 30+ pieces of motorized firefighting apparatus plus horse-drawn equipment dating to the 1880s.

Guided-tour museum tracing the history of Mack Trucks from early workhorses to modern heavy trucks, run by a nonprofit affiliated with Mack.

Private steam/gas tractor collection near Great Falls/Belt started in the late 1940s by Walter Mehmke; includes antique automobiles alongside roughly 20 steam tractors and 12 gas tractors.

Housed in a restored Ypsilanti firehouse, with antique fire trucks/apparatus and firefighting exhibits across three floors, plus the largest U.S. collection of fire truck bells.

Volunteer-run museum near South Haven focused on antique gas/steam engines and tractors, an approximately 80-acre living-history site with an annual Antique Engine & Tractor Show.

Primarily an aviation museum at Sioux Gateway Airport, also displaying classic cars, a 1917 Sioux City-built Hawkeye truck, and retired emergency vehicles.

Agricultural/rural heritage complex in Mount Pleasant with traction steam engines, antique tractors, antique cars and trucks, gas engines, a historic mill, and a 1915 farmhouse.

Formerly the world's largest private collection of tanks and combat vehicles (300+), assembled by Jacques Littlefield in Portola Valley.

Museum opened May 2024 with roughly 90-105 American vehicles from the 1950s-70s, including 17 trucks.

St. Paul rail-heritage museum in a restored 1907 Great Northern Railway roundhouse; historically included a bus collection of mostly GMC buses that replaced Twin Cities streetcars.

Eclectic Americana/pioneer-village museum in Polson with 40+ buildings and 300,000+ artifacts, including substantial antique vehicle, motorcycle, and snowmobile holdings.

General automobile collection of 150-200+ vehicles (1890s-1980s) housed within the Old Montana Prison Museum complex; one admission covers all five museums.

Volunteer-run military history museum at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, including restored military vehicles.

Volunteer-run nonprofit museum in rural Campo (San Diego County backcountry) with 200+ vintage trucks, buses, RVs, and cars in varying restoration states; founded 1986 by collector Carl Calvert.

A free family-founded non-profit displaying 25+ historic automobiles from the 1910s-1960s integrated with antique agricultural equipment reflecting the valley's farming heritage.

A Wasilla museum covering Alaska's transportation and industrial history, with vehicle, aircraft, and heavy-equipment exhibits illustrating the state's development.

Founded in 1994, this historic bus fleet of 40+ buses (some over 100 years old) rented exhibit space at the AACA Museum from 2003.

A nonprofit museum documenting the history of four-wheel-drive and off-highway travel, displaying off-road vehicles, components and memorabilia from early days to modern machines.

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.